Friday, November 28, 2008

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NationalityDeathsInjured
Flag of India Indian96300+
Flag of Israel Israeli5-
Flag of Australia Australian4[59]2
Flag of Germany German3[59]3
Flag of the United States American2[83]3
Flag of France French2[84]0
Flag of Spain Spanish2-[85][59]
Flag of the United Kingdom British17
Flag of Canada Canadian12
Flag of Japan Japanese11
Flag of Italy Italian1-
Flag of Singapore Singaporean1[86]-
Flag of Oman Omani-2[59]
Flag of the Philippines Filipino-1[87]
Flag of the People's Republic of China Chinese-1[59]
Flag of Finland Finnish-1[59]
Flag of Norway Norwegian-1[88]




At least 143 people have been killed in the attacks and 327 wounded.[25] Seven Britons, three Americans, two Australians, two Canadians, and one Filipino were among those injured.[89][90] Among the dead are 81 Indian civilians, 14 policemen and six foreigners, including four Australians, three Germans, two Americans, one Japanese, one Singaporean, one Briton, one Italian, and one Canadian.[7][91][92][93][94][95][96][97] In addition, nine terrorists were killed and nine more were arrested. According to British High Commissioner in India, Sir Richard Stagg, seven Britons have been injured in the terror strikes and one dead.[98] Andreas Liveras, a British yachting tycoon, was among those confirmed killed.[99] Eleven other foreigners of different nationalities were injured in the terror strikes and were admitted to the Bombay Hospital. Hospital sources said the injured foreigners are from Australia, USA, Norway, Spain, Canada and Singapore.[96] However, Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs maintains that no Singaporean has been injured in the attacks.[100] According to Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, 14 policemen have been killed in total, including the following high profile officers:[94]



  • Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad Chief Hemant Karkare,[101] who headed the team investigating the politically sensitive 2006 Malegaon blasts. Karkare had also been receiving death threats recently,[102] including a threat to bomb his residence,[103] but it is unclear if these were related to his death.
  • Additional Commissioner of Police: Ashok Kamte[101]
  • Encounter specialist: Vijay Salaskar[101]
  • Senior inspector Shashank Shinde,[101] who had recently been involved in investigating many of India's recent bombings.
  • NSG Commando, Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan.

Three railway officials of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus also have been killed in the terror strikes.[104]


The Government of Maharashtra announced Rs. 5 lakh (about 10,000 USD) compensation to the kin of those killed in the terror attacks and Rs. 50,000 (about 1,000 USD) to the seriously injured.[105] The Times Now reported that six bodies had been recovered from the Oberoi Trident. It was also reported that ten grenade explosions happened at the Taj.[citation needed] NSGs commandos named the Nariman House Operation Black Tornado. In addition, twenty more commandos were rushed to the Nariman House. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked the prime minister of Pakistan Yousaf Raza Gillani to send ISI officers to Delhi,[citation needed] which the Pakistani PM has agreed to do.



List of the deceased (Identified)


Here are names of all those people who lost their lives in the deadliest terror strikes in Mumbai. (This official list does not include the names of many unknown people in hospitals across Mumbai.)


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Aftermath


As a result of this incident, all schools, colleges, and most offices, including the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange remained closed on 27 November 2008.[106] Shooting of Bollywood films and TV serials has also been halted in the city.[107] Many international airlines temporarily discontinued operations to Mumbai in the interest of passenger and crew safety.[108]


The two remaining one-day internationals of the seven match series between the visiting England cricket team and India were cancelled. The visiting team is set to fly home soon.[109] The inaugural T20 Champions League scheduled from 3 to 10 December, Mumbai being one of the host cities, was postponed.[110] There were threats to blow up ITC Fortune Hotel in Navi Mumbai after Mumbai police received a bomb threat from the terrorists.[111]


Rumours about further shootings at CST were doing the rounds in Bombay on 28 November and were widely reported by the news channels. The Railway Police denied these rumours but stopped trains approaching CST.[112]


At the request of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, Ahmad Shuja Pasha, was reported to be coming to India to share intelligence and help the investigation.[113]



Coverage


The Mumbai attacks highlighted the increasing importance of social media and citizen journalism in the way events are reported.[114] Many people covered the unfolding event on websites like Twitter and Flickr, which are largely clustered under search tags such as "mumbai" and "attack" (Twitter adds hashtags to these). The day after the attacks, the Indian government asked Mumbai citizens to cease updating Twitter with live coverage of police activity.[115] Many Indian bloggers live-blogged the attacks. A map of the attacks was set up using Google Maps.[116] Wikipedia was also noted for its more detailed reports and more rapid updates compared with many traditional media outlets.[117][118][119]



Reactions





In a televised address, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said India will “go after” individuals and organizations behind the terrorist attacks, which were “well-planned with external linkages.”[120] In addition, he said: "The well-planned and very orchestrated attacks, probably with external linkages, were intended to create a sense of panic by choosing high-profile targets and indiscriminately killing innocent foreigners," Singh said in a televised address to the nation.[121] Leader of the opposition L K Advani has asked the people of India to stay united during this time of emergency.[122]


The Mumbai attacks have elicited a strong response from leaders around the world, largely expressing condemnation for the acts of terrorism and condolences for the relatives of those killed.[121][123] The Congress government reportedly refused an offer of assistance from Israeli intelligence to investigate the attacks.[124] Several western countries, including the US, the UK, Australia, France and Canada, issued advisories warning their citizens against travelling to Mumbai.[125]



Security meeting


On Thursday 27 November, Gujarat's Chief Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting to discuss waterfront security along the coastline.[126] At the conclusion of the meeting, it was decided that a number of steps be taken to improve security:[127]



  • Increase the number of police stations to 50 (from 10)
  • Increase the number of police to 1500 from 250
  • 30 modern surveillance boats


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