Taj Hotel Mumbai Terrorist Attack
The two hotels being interconnected consist of 800 rooms between them.
Taj hotel mumbai terrorist attack. In all at least 174 people were killed and more than 300 injured. Terrorists had reportedly throwing grenades from the roof earlier. Attacks began on evening of november 26th 2008. They were carried out by 10 gunmen who were believed to be connected with lashkar e taiba.
On what was until then just an ordinary november night at the five star taj mahal palace hotel in mumbai india when head chef hemant oberoi answered a phone call. The taj mahal palace hotel which dates to the early 1900s suffered extensive fire damage during the attack. The stories of the real life terror attack survivors. Being much larger than taj mahal hotel in terms of spatial capacity the rescue operation at the oberoi trident was extremely slow.
72 832564 date 26 november 2008 2008 11 26 29 november 2008 2008 11 29 21 30 26 11. About 32 people died in the attack at the hotel. The terrorists targeted five prominent places of the financial capital chhatrapati shivaji terminus cst railway station cama hospital nariman house business and residential complex leopold cafe taj hotel and tower and the oberoi trident hotel. On the day of the initial terrorist attacks in mumbai a fire raged inside the taj with the dome of the luxury hotel billowing smoke.
We have a fighting chance against terrorists but fire is a different ballgame. The oberoi trident is the other icon of luxury and opulence in mumbai that came under the deadly saws of the 26 11 attacks. 2008 mumbai attacks locations of the 2008 mumbai attacks location mumbai india leopold café chhatrapati shivaji maharaj terminus the taj mahal palace hotel oberoi trident cama hospital nariman house coordinates 18 55 20 n 72 49 57 e 18 922125 n 72 832564 e 18 922125. On 26 november the 10th anniversary of the attack a film containing an interview with mr jadhav will be shown near the gateway of india overlooking the iconic taj hotel which was one of the.