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Some 60 hours after a group of gunmen threw India's commercial capital into bloody chaos, officials say all of the suspected Islamic militants have been killed or captured. VOA correspondent Steve Herman reports from New Delhi on the end of the days of turmoil that has left nearly 200 people dead.</b><br><br>Along the Colaba coastline, at the Gateway of India, gunfire punctuated the early morning hours Saturday. <br><br>Inside and around the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel, a building synonymous with modern Indian luxury, commandos tossed grenades and set fires to flush out the remaining terrorists. <br><br><table class="APIMAGE" style="direction: ltr;" width="190" align="right"><tbody><tr><td style=""><img id="||CPIMAGE:581333|" alt="An Indian soldiers aims at Taj Mahal Hotel where suspected militants are holed up during an assault in Mumbai, 28 Nov 2008" title="An Indian soldiers aims at Taj Mahal Hotel where suspected militants are holed up during an assault in Mumbai, 28 Nov 2008" src="/images/200811/ap_india_shooting_taj_mahal_hotel_175_28Nov08.jpg" vspace="2" width="190" border="0" height="190" hspace="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="" class="imagecaption">An Indian soldiers aims at Taj Mahal Hotel where suspected militants holed up during an assault in Mumbai, 28 Nov 2008</td></tr></tbody></table>Police forces had been overwhelmed. It took days of intense and prolonged battles between elite military squads and well-equipped, fiercely determined insurgents to end the siege at the Taj, the nearby Trident-Oberoi Hotel and the expatriate Jewish community center.</p><p><b>'Terrorists Killed'</b><br></p><p>The director-general of the National Security Guards, J.K. Dutt, said, "In the Taj, three terrorists have been killed." The National Security Guards spearheaded the operation at the three locations. <br><br>But Dutt told reporters at the Taj that he would not declare the last of the three urban combat sites secured until hundreds of rooms in the hotel had been cleared. <br><br>Dutt says an unknown number of terrified guests still need to be persuaded that it is safe to leave the rooms where many had taken refuge since Wednesday evening. <br><br><img id="||CPIMAGE:581387|" alt="Mumbai, India" title="Mumbai, India" src="/images/200811/india_mumbai_190_28Nov08.jpg" vspace="2" width="190" align="right" border="0" height="190" hspace="2">It had taken until Friday to eliminate the attackers from the two other sites where a number of civilians were found dead of gunshots. The Trident-Oberoi, like the Taj, had been stormed by the terrorists who made a systematic effort to capture foreigners, especially those holding American and British passports. <br><br>At the third site, Nariman House, there had been a grim unprecedented assault where Islamic radicals took Jewish hostages. <br><br>Commandos dropped by helicopter onto the roof of the Jewish community center early Friday engaged in a prolonged battle to free five Israeli hostages. All were found dead late in the day.</p><p><b>Death Toll Could Rise</b><br><br>Authorities say it could take many more days to make an accurate assessment of the carnage. <br><br>What is clear, so far, is that about 200 people were killed in the attacks, including many foreigners. Hundreds more were wounded in as many as 12 separate assaults. <br></p><p>Hundreds of millions of Indians were transfixed by televised images of burning luxury hotels and bloody carnage at rail stations and cafes where people of all classes and color mingled. <br><br>Indian allegations of Pakistani ties to the attack threaten to set back recent progress in often tense relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. Pakistan has denied any involvement in the attacks.<br><br>While India has suffered a wave of terrorist bombings in recent years this attack has rocked the nation and is expected to color the country's political and diplomatic mood for an extended time.<br><br></p> </span><div id="list"><ol><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26684.html" target=_blank>Thai Police Take First Steps to Enforce State of Emergency and End Airport Protests</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26683.html" target=_blank>Suicide-Bomber Attacks Shi'ite Mosque in Musayyib, South of Baghdad</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26682.html" target=_blank>Some Worry Mumbai Terror Strikes Could Affect Investor Confidence</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26680.html" target=_blank>Afghan Officials Back Allegations of Regional Links to Mumbai Attackers</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26679.html" target=_blank>Pakistan's Gilani to Send Spy Agency Chief to Mumbai</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26678.html" target=_blank>Tentative Agreement Pushes Zimbabwe One Step Forward to Inclusive Government</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26677.html" target=_blank>US Says 2 Americans Killed in Mumbai Attacks, But Toll Could be Higher</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26676.html" target=_blank>Troops Deployed to Stop Fighting in Central Nigeria</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26675.html" target=_blank>Somalia's Transitional Government Fears Withdrawal of Ethiopian Troops</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26674.html" target=_blank>UN Special Envoy Arrives in Democratic Republic of Congo</A></LI></ol></div><div class="clearing"></div></div><div class="clearing"></div><div id="footer">© 2001-2008 Powered by <a href="http://www.51voa.com">51VOA.Com</a> <div id="topAds"><script language=javascript src="/topAds.js"></script></div> <div id="count"><script language=javascript src="/count.js"></script></div></div></body></html>⌨️ 快捷键说明
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