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Several hurt in Mumbai shootings | Several hurt in Mumbai shootings |
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A series of shootings in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) has left at least 20 people wounded, police say. | |
One report said two people had been killed. Police said they appeared to be terrorist attacks. | |
One officer said people had been injured when a gunman opened fire in a train station and at a restaurant popular with tourists. | One officer said people had been injured when a gunman opened fire in a train station and at a restaurant popular with tourists. |
Shootings were also reported in other parts of the city near two five star hotels and a hospital. | |
At least two blasts, thought to be grenade attacks, were also reported. | |
Sajjad Karim, an MEP for the North West of England who is in Mumbai, told the BBC he had seen a gunman opening fire in the lobby of Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. | Sajjad Karim, an MEP for the North West of England who is in Mumbai, told the BBC he had seen a gunman opening fire in the lobby of Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. |
He said he had seen people fall before fleeing to a restaurant, where the doors had been barricaded. | He said he had seen people fall before fleeing to a restaurant, where the doors had been barricaded. |
"All I saw was one man on foot carrying a machine gun type of weapon - which I then saw him firing from," he said. |