Terrorist Attacks in Mumbai

Posted on November 27th, 2008 by ecthompson md

I simply do not understand this type of senseless violence.

From WaPo: Gunmen attacked three luxury hotels, a hospital, a train station, a movie theater and other buildings in Mumbai late Wednesday, killing at least 100 people and wounding more than 300 in a rampage through India’s financial capital, police said. The attackers took dozens of people hostage, and witnesses said they were seeking out Americans and Britons. An unknown group asserted responsibility in e-mails to India’s news media.

The gunmen, armed with explosives, lay siege to two of the hotels all night. Troops stormed in to rescue people, some of them foreign nationals, who were trapped inside. The 105-year-old Moorish-style rooftop dome of the landmark Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel was engulfed in fire, and flames billowed out of many rooms. One wing of the waterfront hotel was gutted. Seven hours after the first attack, firefighters rescued more than 50 hotel guests and escorted them to ambulances.

At least six foreigners were among those killed in the attacks, said Ramesh Tayde, a senior police officer, according to the Reuters news agency. (more… )

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  • rosie

    “I simply do not understand this type of senseless violence.”

    Two words: Black flag.

  • http://www.whereistheoutrage.net ecthompson

    Anarchy? Maybe that’s their goal. I don’t know it just seems for the time and effort that they (terrorists) had to put in the were terrible. If anarchy was the goal then take out government buildings and the electrical grid.

    I just think that these guys were stupid and destructive with no real goal besides being destructive.

    Thanks for your comments.

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