27-11-2008, 02:05 PM
Looks like the attacks were extremely well planned and carried out which indicates a highly coordinated network and a sophisticated controlling mind. It is also not something that could have been planned overnight.
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Mumbai anti-terrorist chief killed in attacks
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P D Ghadge, a police officer in the main control room in Mumbai said: "We have reports of 80 people dead and at least 250 injured. Many have serious injuries and the toll will go up."
Hemant Karkare, chief of the anti-terrorist squad in Mumbai, was also killed during the attacks, according to local reports.
Gunmen are also holding Westerners hostage at the luxury Taj Mahal Hotel.
Local media reported that gunmen fired automatic weapons and hurled grenades at at least seven locations around the city, which is the country's financial powerhouse.
The attackers struck at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station in southern Mumbai and Leopold's restaurant, a local landmark, as well as at the Taj Mahal Palace and Oberoi hotels.
A British Euro-MP was among guests who found themselves under siege in the Taj Mahal Palace.
Conservative North West MEP Sajjad Karim, speaking by mobile phone from a barricaded basement room in the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, said he and others had fled from machine-gun fire.
He said: "I was in the lobby of the hotel when gunmen came in and people started running. There were about 25 or 30 of us.
"Some of us split one way and some another. A gunman just stood there spraying bullets around, right next to me. I managed to turn away and I ran into the hotel kitchen and then we were shunted into a restaurant in the basement."
Mr Karim is part of a delegation of Euro-MPs visiting Mumbai ahead of the forthcoming EU-India summit.
A N Roy, chief of Maharashtra state police, said: "These are terrorist strikes in at least seven places. Unknown terrorists have gone with automatic weapons and opened fire indiscriminately.
"At a few places they even used grenades. There have been blasts at a few places."
Foreign Secretary David Miliband has condemned the attacks.
"Today's attacks in Mumbai which have claimed many innocent victims, remind us, yet again, of the threat we face from violent extremists," he said in a statement.
"I condemn these attacks unreservedly. Our thoughts are with the families and friends of those killed and injured.
"The UK and India will continue their joint efforts to counter the actions of terrorists."
Prime Minister Gordon Brown described the attacks as "outrageous" and said they would be met with a "vigorous response".
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20081126/twl-...f21e0.html
Mumbai anti-terrorist chief killed in attacks
Yesterday, 09:05 pm
Print Story
At least 80 people have been killed, including the chief of the anti-terrorist squad, and hundreds injured in a wave of terrorist attacks in India's biggest city. Skip related content
RELATED PHOTOS / VIDEOS
Scores dead following 'terrorist' attacks in India
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Scores dead following 'terrorist' attacks in India Play video Mumbai anti-terrorist chief killed in attacks
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Mumbai attacks may hasten India rate cuts
Video: Over 100 killed in India attacks
Pakistan-based militant group denies Mumbai attacks
Related Hot Topic: Mumbai
Have your say: Mumbai
P D Ghadge, a police officer in the main control room in Mumbai said: "We have reports of 80 people dead and at least 250 injured. Many have serious injuries and the toll will go up."
Hemant Karkare, chief of the anti-terrorist squad in Mumbai, was also killed during the attacks, according to local reports.
Gunmen are also holding Westerners hostage at the luxury Taj Mahal Hotel.
Local media reported that gunmen fired automatic weapons and hurled grenades at at least seven locations around the city, which is the country's financial powerhouse.
The attackers struck at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station in southern Mumbai and Leopold's restaurant, a local landmark, as well as at the Taj Mahal Palace and Oberoi hotels.
A British Euro-MP was among guests who found themselves under siege in the Taj Mahal Palace.
Conservative North West MEP Sajjad Karim, speaking by mobile phone from a barricaded basement room in the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, said he and others had fled from machine-gun fire.
He said: "I was in the lobby of the hotel when gunmen came in and people started running. There were about 25 or 30 of us.
"Some of us split one way and some another. A gunman just stood there spraying bullets around, right next to me. I managed to turn away and I ran into the hotel kitchen and then we were shunted into a restaurant in the basement."
Mr Karim is part of a delegation of Euro-MPs visiting Mumbai ahead of the forthcoming EU-India summit.
A N Roy, chief of Maharashtra state police, said: "These are terrorist strikes in at least seven places. Unknown terrorists have gone with automatic weapons and opened fire indiscriminately.
"At a few places they even used grenades. There have been blasts at a few places."
Foreign Secretary David Miliband has condemned the attacks.
"Today's attacks in Mumbai which have claimed many innocent victims, remind us, yet again, of the threat we face from violent extremists," he said in a statement.
"I condemn these attacks unreservedly. Our thoughts are with the families and friends of those killed and injured.
"The UK and India will continue their joint efforts to counter the actions of terrorists."
Prime Minister Gordon Brown described the attacks as "outrageous" and said they would be met with a "vigorous response".
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14