Three nights & three days later, the people of Mumbai willl finally be able to sleep peacefully. There are no more bullet shots echoing through the streets. 183 people were killed, including 20 policemen and 22 foreigners, 327 were injured. And we are still counting.
On Saturday, India’s financial capital was left to pick up the pieces from the terror siege that has left behind an outraged nation and a bewildered establishment trying to unravel the conspiracy behind the longest running hostage crisis in the country. There were no negotiations and no demands at any point. It is believed that perhaps that the terrorists had planned to finish their brazen strike by blowing up the 105-year-old Taj, which brings together Moorish, Oriental and Florentine styles of architecture and is one of the most photographed buildings in this bustling city.
It seems they had also hoped to walk away scot free. The sea route for their return had already been charted out on the GPS of the vessel in which they had arrived. An official disclosed that they recovered two live bombs, eight weighing eight kilograms from the two dead terrorists, after the flushing out operations were over. Inside the hotel, the ravages are telling their own tale . A white bowl with food still in it spoke of a dinner rudely interrupted, white sheets hanging out of the many windows and blackened walls lining rooms splattered with blood. Many walls were riddled with bullets. There are reports of decomposed bodies lying inside the vast hotel.
Countless families have lost one or more members. Shockingly, the attacks were not only well orchesterated but were carried out by millitants who were unafraid to stand up and fight with single minded determination.The terror may have ended yesterday, but for many the anguish has only just begun.
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