Mumbai terror attack roundup: Here is what happened

AUDACIOUS ATTACK: Fire engulfs a part of the Taj Mahal Hotel as firemen try to douse it in Mumbai.

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Mumbai: In one of the most audacious terror attacks in the country, terrorists armed with AK-47s, grenades and low intensity bombs struck at some of Mumbai’s busiest and most opulent sites killing 101people and injuring 187.

Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, who was spearheading the Malegaon bomb blast probe, Additional Commissioner Ashok Kamte and encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar were among the 11 police officials killed during gunbattle with the terrorists.

Here is how it began:

Café Leopold, Colaba

At 2130 hrs IST, three gunmen opened fire at the guests inside an upscale Mumbai restaurant Café Leopold, which is a popular destination with foreign tourists. The restaurant was riddled with bullet holes and there were blood on the floor and shoes left by fleeing customers.

Maharashtra Director General of Police A N Roy said: "At least seven places have been attacked. The figure could be eight.”

"The terrorists have gone in and fired indiscriminately at certain places. They are still holed up in three places and gun-battles have been on (with security forces)."

The Taj Mahal Hotel

Next on the list was the city’s heritage hotel The Taj Mahal, where about 200 people holed up inside a hall as they were advised by the hotel staff not to go out because of the attack by terrorists.

Police officials said terrorists opened fire at police and paramilitary forces outside the hotel in south Mumbai between 2215 hrs IST and 2230 hrs IST.

The police officials said firing was on near the five-star hotel where around 2,000 guests and staff were stranded. Screams could be heard and enormous clouds of black smoke rose from the century-old hotel. Fire-fighters were spraying water at the blaze.

The attackers specifically targeted Britons and Americans, witnesses said. Several European lawmakers were among people who barricaded themselves inside the Taj.

"I was in the main lobby and there was all of a sudden a lot of firing outside," said Sajjad Karim, part of a delegation of European lawmakers visiting Mumbai ahead of a European Union-India summit.