35 People Trapped in Taj Hotel

[tekisui]

Breaking TTKN News: 35 people are trapped in one part of Taj Hotel, and 1 person has been shot in the abdomen. They have not been kept as hostages but are trapped and are in hiding due to the incidents unfolding in Mumbai’s Taj Palace Hotel.
They require medical assistance urgently.

http://www.ttkn.com/world/people-trapped-taj-hotel-233.html

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Does anyone have more information on the possible hostage situation? NPR said as many as 40 Westerners were taken hostage. Have there been any updates?

[HeresyLives]

1. BBC is updating constantly.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

[tekisui]

3. Thanks for the link.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. Apparently the whole situation is ongoing and utterly out of control.

I wouldn't expect any good info until Indian authorities take complete control.

Which could take days or more, from the sound of it.

[tekisui]

4. Understandable.

It's hard to get facts from chaos.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. I could be way off base...

But this whole thing sounds more like an insurrection then a terrorist attack.

[Muttocracy]

5. there's a good thread in LBN, and I 2nd the BBC

[tekisui]

6. Thanks, I am watching BBC now.

[tekisui]

8. BBC says authorities are dealing with 3 hostage situations.

no count of hostages.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Hotel is (was?) a symbol of Indian independence and anti-racism

Mumbai's Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel, which erupted in flames early Thursday after heavily armed men stormed the building, taking guests hostage, is a symbol of national pride for Indians.
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But while the 105-year-old Taj saw off the last of the foreign occupiers, its construction also struck a blow in the fight for self-determination.

Legend has it that its creator, a Parsi industrialist called Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, commissioned the building after being refused entry to the now-defunct Apollo Hotel, which had a strict Europeans-only policy.

Completed in 1903, it quickly became the city's best hotel and has arguably retained that accolade to the present day, as well as an iconic place in Mumbaikers' hearts as a symbol of cosmopolitan sophistication.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/392542/1/.html