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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7751160.stm
Mumbai rocked by deadly shootings
Gunmen have opened fire at a number of sites in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay), killing dozens of people and injuring many more, local reports say.
Police said shooting was continuing and that the incidents appeared to be terrorist attacks. Reports say gunmen have taken hostages at a luxury hotel.
Unconfirmed reports said 80 people had been killed, and more than 250 injured.
There has been a wave of bombings in Indian cities in recent months which has left scores of people dead.
Most of the attacks have been blamed on Muslim militants, although police have also arrested suspected Hindu extremists.
Indiscriminate firing
On Wednesday, gunmen opened fire in at least seven sites, including a train station, two five-star hotels, a hospital and a restaurant popular with tourists.
See detailed map of the area
At least two blasts, suspected to be grenade attacks, were reported alongside the shootings.
Police said the gunmen had fired indiscriminately.
At least 10 people were killed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji railway station, they said.
"The terrorists have used automatic weapons and in some places grenades have been lobbed," said AN Roy, police commissioner of Maharashtra state.
Some gunmen were still holed up in buildings that had been targeted, officials said.
One eyewitness told the BBC he had seen a gunman opening fire in the lobby of Taj Mahal hotel.
He said he had seen people fall before he fled the lobby.
"All I saw was one man on foot carrying a machine gun type of weapon - which I then saw him firing from and I saw people hitting the floor, people right next to me," he said.
Gunmen were reported to be holding westerners hostage at the Taj Mahal.
The other hotel targeted was the Oberoi.
One witness told local television that the gunmen were looking for people with British or US passports.
"They wanted foreigners," said the man, who said he was in India on business.
A series of attacks in Mumbai in July 2006 killed almost 190 people and injured more than 700.
Bombs were detonated on commuter trains during rush hour.
Police accused Pakistan's intelligence agency of planning the attacks, which they said were carried out by an Islamist militant group, Lashkar-e-Toiba.
Pakistan rejected the allegation, saying there was no evidence that its intelligence staff were involved.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7751160.stm
Mumbai rocked by deadly shootings
Gunmen have opened fire at a number of sites in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay), killing dozens of people and injuring many more, local reports say.
Police said shooting was continuing and that the incidents appeared to be terrorist attacks. Reports say gunmen have taken hostages at a luxury hotel.
Unconfirmed reports said 80 people had been killed, and more than 250 injured.
There has been a wave of bombings in Indian cities in recent months which has left scores of people dead.
Most of the attacks have been blamed on Muslim militants, although police have also arrested suspected Hindu extremists.
Indiscriminate firing
On Wednesday, gunmen opened fire in at least seven sites, including a train station, two five-star hotels, a hospital and a restaurant popular with tourists.
See detailed map of the area
At least two blasts, suspected to be grenade attacks, were reported alongside the shootings.
Police said the gunmen had fired indiscriminately.
At least 10 people were killed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji railway station, they said.
"The terrorists have used automatic weapons and in some places grenades have been lobbed," said AN Roy, police commissioner of Maharashtra state.
Some gunmen were still holed up in buildings that had been targeted, officials said.
One eyewitness told the BBC he had seen a gunman opening fire in the lobby of Taj Mahal hotel.
He said he had seen people fall before he fled the lobby.
"All I saw was one man on foot carrying a machine gun type of weapon - which I then saw him firing from and I saw people hitting the floor, people right next to me," he said.
Gunmen were reported to be holding westerners hostage at the Taj Mahal.
The other hotel targeted was the Oberoi.
One witness told local television that the gunmen were looking for people with British or US passports.
"They wanted foreigners," said the man, who said he was in India on business.
A series of attacks in Mumbai in July 2006 killed almost 190 people and injured more than 700.
Bombs were detonated on commuter trains during rush hour.
Police accused Pakistan's intelligence agency of planning the attacks, which they said were carried out by an Islamist militant group, Lashkar-e-Toiba.
Pakistan rejected the allegation, saying there was no evidence that its intelligence staff were involved.
