| Indian policeman prepare to take position at the site of attack in Colaba area of Mumbai on November 27, 2008. Nearly 80 people were killed in a series of shootings and blasts across India's financial capital Mumbai late 26 November, the state government said. The Maharashtra state government said the death toll had risen to 80, according to the Press Trust of India news agency, and that six Indian army units had been deployed to the south of the city. Heavily armed men with automatic weapons and grenades targeted two of Mumbai's top luxury hotels, the Taj Mahal and Trident, and the main Chhatrapati Shivaji railway station. [AFP] |
