ASIA: Mumbai attack is over, all militants dead: police chief
29 Nov 2008 2:37 PM
MUMBAI, Nov 29 Agencies - Indian commandos have killed the last Islamic militants holed up inside Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel, bringing an end to three days of terror in which more than 150 people were killed, the city's police chief says.
"All (combat) operations are over. All the terrorists have been killed," Mumbai police commissioner Hassan Gafoor said, 59 hours after the attacks began.
The historic, seafront Taj Mahal hotel was the last area in Mumbai where gunmen were still holed up.
Gafoor said the overall death toll from attacks stood at around 155 confirmed killed.
This ends one of the most devastating attacks to hit India.
The violence started on Wednesday when assailants attacked 10 sites across Mumbai, India's financial capital.
Authorities are working to find out who was behind the attacks, claimed by a previously unknown group calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen.
Fifteen foreigners are among the dead.
So far two Australians are known to have died in the attacks, but there have been reports as many as four Australians may have been killed.
