Commandos killed two remaining militants making a last stand at the Taj Mahal hotel Saturday, Police Chief Hasan Ghafoor said, marking the end of one of the most brazen terror attacks in India's history.
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Indian Army soldiers take their positions outside the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on November 28, 2008. [Xinhua] |
The fight was marked by sporadic gunfire and grenade blasts and culminated in a burst of fire and smoke from the the landmark hotel. It came less than a day after elite troops stormed a Jewish outreach center and found six hostages dead.
"The Taj operation is over. The last two terrorist holed up there have been killed," Ghafoor said.
The violence started Wednesday when assailants attacked 10 sites across Mumbai, India's financial capital. More than 150 people were killed, including 15 foreigners.
Authorities are working to find out who was behind the attacks, claimed by a previously unknown group of suspected Islamic militants calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen.
![Indian Army soldiers take their positions outside the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on November 28, 2008. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20081129/0014222d98500a9af5db03.jpg "Indian Army soldiers take their positions outside the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on November 28, 2008. [Xinhua]") |
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Indian Army soldiers take their positions outside the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on November 28, 2008. [Xinhua] |
(Xinhua News Agency November 29, 2008)
![Indian Army soldiers take their positions outside the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on November 28, 2008. [Xinhua]](download\photo\20081129\XxjpsgB000187_20081129_TPPFN1A001.jpg "Indian Army soldiers take their positions outside the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on November 28, 2008. [Xinhua]")
