Photo Ed: Scores still held in Mumbai hotels
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Scores of guests were still trapped in two luxury hotels in Mumbai Thursday, officials said, after heavily-armed Islamist militants stormed the buildings, taking foreign nationals hostage.
Flames rush out of the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on November 27, 2008. Up to 100 people were killed and around 100 more wounded in coordinated attacks by gunmen in India's commercial capital Mumbai, Indian media reported, with two five-star hotels among the targets of gunmen armed with powerful assault rifles and grenades. AFP PHOTO/ Indranil MUKHERJEE
Firemen try to douse a fire at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai November 27, 2008. At least 101 people have been killed in attacks by gunmen in Mumbai, police said on Thursday. REUTERS/Arko Datta (INDIA)
A foreign tourist is rescued by a fireman from the Taj hotel in Mumbai November 27, 2008. Suspected Islamist gunmen launched waves of attacks in the heart of India's financial capital, killing at least 101 people and taking many foreigners hostage in two of the city's plushest hotels, police said on Thursday. REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA)
A guest is rescued from the fourth floor of the Taj Hotel in Mumbai November 27, 2008. At least 101 people have been killed in attacks by gunmen in Mumbai, police said on Thursday. REUTERS/Arko Datta (INDIA)
A grieving relative, bottom, of a terrorist attack victim is consoled by others outside the St. Georges Hospital in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Teams of gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, hospitals and a crowded train station in coordinated attacks across India's financial capital, killing at least 101 people, taking Westerners hostage and leaving parts of the city under siege Thursday, police said. A group of suspected Muslim militants claimed responsibility. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)