At least 101 people were killed and hundreds injured in Mumbai after gunmen turned India’s financial capital into a war zone on Wednesday night, shooting guests in luxury hotels and setting off explosions in one of the worst terrorist attacks in the country’s history. India shut its stock and commodity exchanges on Thursday after police exchanged fire with terrorists, who were apparently holding hostages, in three of the city’s main business hotels, the Taj Mahal, Trident and Oberoi. The terrorists also targeted the main railway station; domestic airport and other locations in an audacious attack that caught Mumbai’s security forces off guard. At least 101 people were confirmed dead, including seven foreigners, with 161 injured, mostly from bullet wounds. A previously unknown group calling itself the Deccan Mujahedeen claimed responsibility for the apparently well co-ordinated assaults in Mumbai. Unlike previous attacks, which mostly targeted markets or commuters, these are the first to hit the business hotels favoured by bankers, tycoons and high-end tourists.

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