(27 Nov 2008)
1. Armed forces standing by car
2. Pan to Taj Mahal hotel, AUDIO: Gunfire
3. Various of media and others lying ground at sound of gunfire
4. Indian commandos going inside hotel
5. Soldier running out with pistol in hand
6. Army soldier holding gun behind a tree
7. Wide of army soldiers outside hotel
8. Various of people reading newspaper, with pictures from attacks
9. Various of fire and black smoke pouring out of window in Taj Mahal hotel
10. Soldiers running to take position
11. Various of soldiers in position
12. Pull out of "Critical Care Van" to hotel, AUDIO: Gunfire
13. Hotel guests taking refuge by side of wall
14. Army sniper in position
15. Wide of guests outside hotel
16. Wide of Taj Mahal hotel
STORYLINE:
Teams of gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, a crowded train station and a Jewish centre in Mumbai on Wednesday night, killing at least 101 people and holding Westerners hostage in coordinated attacks on India's commercial centre that were blamed on Muslim militants.
Police and gunmen were exchanging occasional gunfire at two luxury hotels and dozens of people were believed held hostage or trapped inside the besieged buildings.
A senior official at the Maharashtra state Home Ministry said 101 people were killed and 314 injured.
Among the dead were at least one Australian, Japanese and British national he said.
Officials said eight militants had also been killed in the coordinated attacks on at least 10 sites that began around 9:30 pm (1600 GMT) on Wednesday.
Police loudspeakers declared a curfew around Mumbai's landmark Taj Mahal hotel, and black-clad commandos ran into the building as fresh gunshots rang out from the area, apparently the beginning of an assault on gunmen who had taken hostages in the hotel.
Soldiers outside the hotel said forces were moving slowly, from room to room, looking for gunmen and traps.
At noon, two bodies covered with white cloth were wheeled out of the entrance and put in ambulances.
A series of explosions had rocked the Taj Mahal just after midnight.
Screams were heard and black smoke and flames billowed from the century-old edifice on Mumbai's waterfront.
Firefighters sprayed water at the blaze and plucked people from balconies with extension ladders.
By dawn, the fire was still burning.
Officials at Bombay Hospital, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a Japanese man had died there and nine Europeans had been admitted, three of them in critical condition with gunshots.
All had come from the Taj Mahal, the officials said.
At least three top Indian police officers - including the chief of the anti-terror squad - were among those killed, said a top police official.
The attackers specifically targeted Britons and Americans at the hotels and restaurant, witnesses said.
Mumbai, on the western coast of India overlooking the Arabian Sea, is home to splendid Victorian architecture built during the British Raj and is one of the most populated cities in the world with some 18 million crammed into shantytowns, high rises and crumbling mansions.
The Taj Mahal hotel, filled with Oriental carpets, Indian artifacts and alabaster ceilings, overlooks the fabled Gateway of India that commemorated the visit of King George V and Queen Mary.
Keyword Mumbai Attacks
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