100 KILLED, 250 INJURED IN SERIAL TERROR STRIKES IN SOUTH MUMBAI

Heavily armed terrorists struck at the heart of India's financial capital on Wednesday night causing mayhem and murders, with 100 persons killed and more than 250 killed, as last reports came in. A senior Railway police official said that more than 10 persons were killed and 30 people were injured in Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (VT station) alone, where terrorists sprayed bullets from AK 47 rifles on late evening rush crowd of railway commuters. Two bodies were brought to Cama hospital. The other major attack took place in a taxi number MH 01 D7792 in Ville Parle in which at least five persons were killed. The first attack took place at around 9.40 pm in south Mumbai's Leopold Cafe in Colaba, a favourite hangout for foreigners. The terrorist attacks on the eve of arrival of IPL teams in Mumbai on Thursday indicate that the terrorists were planning to strike terror in the heart of India's financial capital. Some terrorists were reported still holed up inside Oberoi hotel, where firing was still continuing. Some terrorists also entered Taj hotel, but firing has stopped there.
Carefully coordinated serial explosions and indiscriminate firing rocked eight areas across Mumbai including the crowded CST railway station, two five star hotels--Oberoi and Taj-- leaving 20 persons dead and 50 injured.
Armed with AK-47 rifles and grenades, a couple of terrorists entered the passenger hall of CST and opened fire and threw grenades, Mumbai General Railway Police Commissioner A K Sharma said.
The terror strike which began at 1033 PM at Chhatrapathi Shivaji Terminus(CST),formerly known as the Victoria Terminus(VT), claimed 10 lives in the premises of the station alone, police said. Three persons were killed in a bomb explosion in a taxi on Mazegaon dockyard road and an equal number were gunned down at Taj Hotel. The victim in the hotel were its employees.
The lobby of the Oberoi hotel was on fire and the hotel evacuated, eyewitnesses said