Gunmen targeted several areas in the Indian city of Mumbai on Wednesday, taking scores of hostages, killing dozens and taking hostages in two luxury hotels frequented by Westerners: The Taj Mahal Hotel and the Oberoi Hotel. Below is a running list of accounts from news agencies in the area.
The information that follows has not necessarily been confirmed by CNN:
12:10 a.m. ET (10:40 a.m. IT: The number of policemen killed has risen to 16, according to Rediff.com.
CNN's sister station CNN-IBN is streaming live coverage of the Mumbai attacks on its Web site.
11:30 p.m. ET (10 a.m. IT): A militant in the Oberoi Hotel has told a TV station that he is among seven people holding hostages there, according to the Times of India.
The militant told the TV station that the attackers want India to release all "mujahedins."
"Only after that will we release the people," the militant told the TV station, according to the Times of India.
11:10 p.m. ET (9:40 a.m. IT): Authorities say one arrestee is a member of the group Lashkar-e-Tayiba, according to Rediff.com.
11:05 p.m. ET (9:35 a.m. IT): Besides raiding the Taj hotel, security forces also have entered the Oberoi Hotel and the Cama Hospital for women and infants, CNN's sister station CNN-IBN reported.
The standoff at Cama Hospital appears to have been resolved; it was not immediately known whether suspects at the hospital fled or were killed, CNN-IBN reported.
11 p.m. ET (9:30 a.m. IT): Police have said the death toll in the Mumbai attacks is at 101 -- including six foreigners, the Times of India reports.
Gunfire is heard at the Nariman House in the Colaba area, and police have cordoned off the area amid reports that suspects are in the building, Rediff.com reports. 10:40 p.m. ET (9:10 a.m. IT): People are being evacuated from the Taj Hotel as security forces continue their battle against attackers there, Rediff.com reports. Rediff.com reports a journalist has been injured in the fighting.
10:05 p.m. ET (8:35 a.m. IT): NDTV.com (New Delhi Television Limited) reports the dead include at least 11 policemen, including the head of an anti-terror squad. The site continues to say at least 100 people were killed in attacks on 10 sites in Mumbai, while other outlets, including CNN-IBN, report lower numbers (87).
Multiple Indian news outlets have quoted witnesses as saying the attackers were looking for American and British nationals at the hotels.
NDTV.com quotes a witness as saying: "Gunmen wanted anyone with British or American passport."
NDTV.com is streaming live video of its coverage.
9:35 p.m. ET (8:05 a.m. IT): Gunshots are fired as military and other security forces move into the Taj hotel, one of two hotels where people are being held hostage, Rediff.com reports. According to Rediff.com, police believe three or four hostage-takers are inside the hotel. Multiple Indian news outlets report at least 100 people are trapped and perhaps being held hostage in the Taj, where fire and smoke could be seen. 9:20 p.m. ET (7:50 a.m. IT): While multiple outlets have reported that a group called the Deccan Mujahideen have claimed responsibility for the attacks, Rediff.com reports that police and the Intelligence Bureau are not ruling out the involvement by the Indian Mujahideen, an offshoot of the Students Islamic Movement of India.
The Intelligence Bureau said authorities cracked down on the Indian Mujahideen in Mumbai, and that the IM responded by warning it was "just waiting for the right time to execute bloodshed," Rediff.com reported.
9:10 p.m. ET (7:40 a.m. IT): NDTV.com reports at least 100 people were killed in the attacks and that hundreds of hostages still are being held at two hotels, including the Taj hotel. Other outlets report lower death tolls, including CNN-IBN, which reports 87 dead.
NDTV.com reports five suspects have been killed, three escaped, and nine have been arrested.
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CNN 'speculate' on the Mumbai attacks ("fluid situation" aka oil)by briab41723,337 views
to the ppl of india you have my support from britain
super17a 1 year ago
unlike the west where all u have is a 2 party sys and with the people of the same community lang and religion...So the core is u cant just go in there and bomb people like american and the british do...in that ways perhaps we are truly a democractic country and not red necks!!!!Give it a thought and dont feel sorry!!!
karma10pa 2 years ago
Well India is a diverse country with thousands of lang..and religion...and of which some people who look so tot diffrnt with the main stream indians....and a Really big multi party system...
karma10pa 2 years ago
I dont feel sorry for indians at all. they cant even deal with their home-grown terrorism in many states and try to find the answer through war against terriorism, yet at the same time force sri lanka to go in to peace talks with terriorist LTTE when they are at last stride, just coz of few monkeys in Madras. India has no right to poke into srilanka & if they really care about their people in srilanka, why cant they just bring those fucks back to india?
RayanFern 3 years ago
How will our Indian government do anything? They cant stop massacring their own minorities.
I am sorry that no one neighbor of ours seems to be happy with us. But fact is its just a few Hindu terrorists who rule the country and deny us justice and kill muslim and christian minorities daily. We should have all known this was how we would be treated.
I hope peace will reutrn to sri lanka and India will stop interfering and look to improve the situation of minorities here.
uniteagainstrss 3 years ago
I think the attack was by Hindus. Blame has been going on for years. I doubt it is muslims at all but some hindu mercenaries from terrorist RSS. Even Antulay pointed out that Karkares killing was suspicious.
Killing minorities is a habit for hindu terrorists. It was just frustration that Modi or Bal Thakarey was in no position to promote murder of muslims anymore and we muslims were in better position to stop to be massacred.
uniteagainstrss 3 years ago
terrorism does not exist
Ugnetator 3 years ago
Indian President say he will fight against terrorism but on the other hand he doesnt no what to do with LTTE? India created terrorism in Sri Lanka. Thats why India lost one of their great President. Enough is enough!!! At least now stop supporting terrorists in Sri Lanka and help us to win our fight against terrorism...... Sri Lanka is a Sovereign country and she has right to defend herself. Please leave her along....
Dennylanka 3 years ago
So very Fox, the US has no home grown terrorist,
anthrax
timothy mcveigh
the weathermen
???????????????
rozza2012 3 years ago
because indians did that themselves. if they simply wanted to kill all of them then why did they leave 200 foreign hostages later on? only 1 british died and that was probably accident aswell. this way india wants to blame it on pakistan and start a war which they already said they would do
xohayb 3 years ago