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Sat, 11/29/2008 - 10:08
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Oberoi, Nariman House secured, Mumbai terror war may end tonight
Kapil Kelkar and Shruti Ganpatye
Mumbai, Nov 28 (PTI) The terror war on Mumbai was on the verge of ending tonight with security forces securing the 5-star Oberoi hotel and a Jewish Centre but a lone gunman continued to hold out inside the Taj hotel at the end of pitched combat that left 30 hostages dead.
At the Centre, a residential complex housing a prayer hall, commandos were air dropped from helicopters in first such operation in urban India the security forces spent the entire day to clear it. Two terrorists were killed but not before five of the hostages were eliminated by them.
A clean-up operation was still on late tonight at the Centre where the victims reportedly included the Rabbi and his wife.
The might of the Indian security forces had to be brought in to rid these landmarks in the country's financial capital of the heavily-armed suspected Pakistani terrorists who seized the two hotels and the Centre on Wednesday night, but the costs were heavy on both sides.
When the Oberoi was cleared of the terrorists this afternoon, as many as 30 hostages were found dead raising the toll in the worst terrorist strike against India to over 160 including 16 security personnel. 11 terrorists were also eliminated, one was captured and one, possibly two, were still inside the Taj.PTI
Mumbai, Nov 28 (PTI) The terror war on Mumbai was on the verge of ending tonight with security forces securing the 5-star Oberoi hotel and a Jewish Centre but a lone gunman continued to hold out inside the Taj hotel at the end of pitched combat that left 30 hostages dead.
At the Centre, a residential complex housing a prayer hall, commandos were air dropped from helicopters in first such operation in urban India the security forces spent the entire day to clear it. Two terrorists were killed but not before five of the hostages were eliminated by them.
A clean-up operation was still on late tonight at the Centre where the victims reportedly included the Rabbi and his wife.
The might of the Indian security forces had to be brought in to rid these landmarks in the country's financial capital of the heavily-armed suspected Pakistani terrorists who seized the two hotels and the Centre on Wednesday night, but the costs were heavy on both sides.
When the Oberoi was cleared of the terrorists this afternoon, as many as 30 hostages were found dead raising the toll in the worst terrorist strike against India to over 160 including 16 security personnel. 11 terrorists were also eliminated, one was captured and one, possibly two, were still inside the Taj.PTI
