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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 3467418" data-attributes="member: 92282">Terror struck the country's financial capital late on Wednesday night as coordinate serial explosions and indiscriminate firing rockedTerror attacks in Mumbai; 80 dead, over 250 injuredMortal remains of a taxi after terror attack at western express highway near domestic airport in Mumbai. eight areas across Mumbai including the crowded CST railway station, two five star hotels--Oberoi and Taj.At least 80 people were dead and 250 injured in the terror attacks, hospital sources said.  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 10:33 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 victims in the hotel were its employees.   The lobby of the Oberoi hotel was on fire and the hotel evacuated, eyewitnesses said.   Maharashtra DGP A N Roy said tonight's attack in "at least seven places" is a "terror strike."   Sharma said 30 persons were injured in the CST incident. Commandoes were rushed to the CST which wore a deserted look and train services suspended.   The NSG commandos were on standby and national disaster response force unit is being rushed to Mumbai, the Ministry of Home Affairs officials said.  Some people were injured in the firing in Oberoi hotel, and taken to a nearby hospital in police vans and ambulance. Firing was also reported in Taj hotel.   Firing was reported at Colaba, Nariman Point and near Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal, formerly Victoria Terminus and it was still continuing.   Firing was also reported at Cama Hospital in south Mumbai, police said, adding that a blast was reported in a taxi under a flyover in suburban Vile Parle. A bomb went off in a taxi in Mazegaon dockyard road.  SRPF personnel then entered the iconic BMC building -- just opposite CST -- to take aim at the assailants, BMC commissioner Jairaj Phatak said. "We fear some of the assailants are still inside the station and we want to catch them if they come out," a police official said.  Vikhroli police station senior inspector Habib Ansari was on his way to work from his Colaba home when he saw two armed men, with sophisticated weaponry, trying to run into bylanes near the Gateway of India.  "I rushed back to Colaba and all policemen, including GRP and RPF personnel, were called up," he added.  Bhisham Mansukhani, a journalist, was attending a wedding reception at the Taj's Crystal Room. "I was inside the bar when glass shards almost hit my eye," he said. "More than 200 people were escorted inside Chambers, a business centre inside the hotel," he added. <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Terror_attacks_in_Mumbai_80_dead_over_250_injured/articleshow/3761410.cms" target="_blank">timesofindia</a></blockquote>

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