Terror In India November 26 Year 2008

By late today, the toll had reached 125 dead and 327 wounded. Among the dead were at least one Australian, a Japanese and a British national, officials say.

The Indian media has called for tougher laws and strategies to combat attacks by militant groups in the country.

'Top ATS cops killed while chasing ultras at CST: Patil
Mumbai (PTI): ATS chief Hemant Karkare and two other officials of Mumbai police were killed while chasing terrorists near CST railway station, Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil said in Mumbai on Thursday.
All the three top cops — ATS chief Hemant Karkare, Additional Commissioner of Police Ashok Kamte and encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar — came under fire while chasing terrorists near CST in a jeep, Patil said.
Expressing grief over their death, Patil said Karkare and other police officials were having a meeting with him around 9.30 pm on Wednesday when Karkare got the information about some firing at Oberoi hotel.
The ATS chief rushed there and later to CST railway station as reports of another firing came. ACP Sadanand Date was also fighting terrorists at CST but taking advantage of the night, the assailants blew the explosives and moved towards Cama hospital, Patil said.

Gunbattle on 22 hours after terror struck Mumbai
Chief Minister Deshmukh says so far seven terrorists have been eliminated in gunbattle with the security forces, even as three more grenade explosions rocked the Taj Hotel.

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