Photo Ed: Mumbai attacks - 60 hours of chaos and carnage
Güncelleme Tarihi:
For three nights, a small group of young but highly-trained Islamic militants managed to transform India's economic capital into a war zone, killing indiscriminately and hunting foreign hostages while holding off crack commandos.
People pay their last respects as the body of Hemant Karkare, the chief of Mumbai's Anti-Terrorist Squad is set to flames in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at a luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that killed people and rocked the nation. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
Ratan Tata (C), chairman of the Tata Group, stands in front of Taj Mahal hotel after the operation to dislodge militants in Mumbai November 29, 2008. Indian commandos killed the last Islamist gunmen holed up at Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel on Saturday, ending a three-day battle at landmarks across India's financial capital that killed at least 195 people. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw (INDIA)
Relatives and neighbors attend the funeral of Haresh Gohil, a 16 year old boy who was killed by gunmen near Chabad-Lubavitch center,also known as Nariman House in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at a luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that killed people and rocked the nation.(AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
Indian solidiers take cover during a military operation at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai on November 29, 2008. Indian commandos have killed the last Islamic militants holed up inside Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel, ending the more than two-day assault on India's financial capital, the city's police chief told AFP. AFP PHOTO/PEDRO UGARTE
Students hold candles for victims of the Mumbai attacks at a school in the northern Indian city of Amritsar November 29, 2008. Indian commandos killed the last Islamist gunmen holed up at Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel on Saturday, ending a three-day battle at landmarks across India's financial capital that killed at least 195 people. REUTERS/Munish Sharma (INDIA)
An Indian soldier stands guard in fornt of the Taj Mahal hotel during gun battles between Indian military and militants inside the hotel in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at the luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that killed people and rocked the nation. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
An unidentified woman gestures from inside a window facing the Taj Mahal hotel after gun battles between Indian military and militants inside the hotel in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at the luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that killed people and rocked the nation. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
The Taj Mahal hotel is seen engulfed in smoke during a gun battle in Mumbai November 29, 2008. Operations to dislodge militants at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai ended on Saturday, security officials said, and at least three Islamist gunmen were killed. The toll from a series of attacks in India's financial capital Mumbai has risen to at least 195 dead and 295 wounded, the local disaster control room said. REUTERS/Arko Datta (INDIA)
A view of the lobby of Trident-Oberoi hotel, a day-after the operations to dislodge militants ended in Mumbai November 29, 2008. Indian police found on Friday 24 bodies at the Trident-Oberoi in Mumbai during operations to regain control of the hotel. REUTERS/Gregory Beitchman (INDIA)
The members of Indian fire brigade try to douse the fire at the Taj Mahal hotel as National Security Guard commandos on the parapet look on after the end of a gun battle between Indian military and militants inside the hotel in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at the luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that killed people and rocked the nation. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Taj hotel is seen engulfed in smoke during a gunbattle in Mumbai November 29, 2008. Operations to dislodge militants at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai ended on Saturday, security officials said, and at least three Islamist gunmen were killed. REUTERS/Arko Datta (INDIA)
A member of the anti-terrorist squad runs in front of the burning Taj Mahal hotel during a gun battle in Mumbai November 29, 2008. Operations to dislodge militants at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai ended on Saturday, security officials said, and at least three Islamist gunmen were killed. REUTERS/Arko Datta (INDIA)
National Security Guard (NSG) commandos stand inside the Trident hotel in Mumbai November 29, 2008. Indian police found on Friday 24 bodies at the Trident-Oberoi in Mumbai during operations to regain control of the hotel. REUTERS/Gregory Beitchman (INDIA)
An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard infront of the Taj Mahal hotel during gun battles between Indian military and militants inside the hotel in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at the luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that killed people and rocked the nation. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)