Terrorists cornered in Oberoi, Nariman House

A FIGHT AHEAD: Soldiers take positions near the Trident-Oberoi hotel in Mumbai on Thursday.

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• The assault team has sanitised parts of the Oberoi Trident

• Ten hostages walked out of Oberoi. But over 30, including five foreigners are still trapped inside

• Gunbattle is also on inside Taj hotel and a huge explosion has been heard

• At the third location, Nariman House, commandos are preparing to launch an assault

Mumbai: Commandos killed at least three gunmen at the Taj Intercontinental Hotel late on Thursday and were sweeping another luxury hotel and a Jewish residential complex in search of hostages and trapped people a day after terrorists stormed targets across southern Mumbai, leaving 125 people dead.

Occasional bursts of gunfire and explosions were heard from the Taj and the nearby Hotel-Trident Oberoi as commandos from the National Security Guard (NSG) threw a ring around the two places and the Nariman Bhavan, a Jewish residential complex, to isolate a small number of gunmen holding hostages, foreigners included.

At last three terrorists were killed at the Taj and one is still holding out, new agencies reported. "There is one terrorist in the Taj (hotel). He has been injured and I think we will be able to mop up the operation there very quickly," said J K Dutt, Director General of the elite National Security Guards commandos.

"There is one terrorist in the Taj (hotel). He has been injured and I think we will be able to mop up the operation there very quickly," Director General of National Security Guard (NSG) J K Dutt said.

The injured terrorist has not yet been captured but "we will be able to do so soon". Three suspected terrorists, including a Pakistani national, were arrested from the Taj hotel late Thursday night.

All hostages have been freed from the Taj hotel, one of the first of 10 targets of the terrorists.

Union Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal told CNN-IBN earlier that terrorists had set up control centres inside the two hotels and the operation to flush them out would be over soon. Government sources say security forces are now preparing for a final assault on the Oberoi and Nariman Bhavan.

NARIMAN HOUSE

At least two or three terrorists are holed up in Nariman Bhawan (House), said Dutt. Reports say four Israelis were among the seven people evacuated from Nariman Bhawan, a Jewish residential complex.