12.41am: Firing reported from outside Maharashtra assembly! Stations evacuated. Police sealed a suspicious boat at Mazagaon Dock - an extremely sensitive area.
12.40am: Terrorists reported to have escaped in a police van from Cama Hospital!! This is the height!
12.37am: 100 reported injured. CST station (outstation) littered with blood. Two terrorists have escaped from Cama hospital.
12.30 am: Army stationed across Mumbai. 200 NSG commandos expected to land in Mumbai any moment. Police about to launch offensive inside Taj Mahal hotel and Oberoi hotel. First priority is to take hostages out safely.
Report 12.20am: Terrorists lob hand grenade from Taj Hotel. Another blast outside Oberoi Hotel. 4 injured.
Report 12.18 am: Terrorists using AK 47 guns.
Report 12.13 am: 18 people reported dead. 30 injured.
Report 12.08 am: 10 people reported killed.
Report 12.02 am: Firing still reported from CST station. Grenade lobbed at police van. 2 terrorists holed up inside Capitol Cinema.
Report 11.59 pm: Terrorists enter Cama hospital. Firing reported from there. Trains stopped at Byculla. Firing still reported from Oberoi Hotel. 3 people arrested at Oberoi hotel. Not sure if they are the terrorists.
Report 11.52 pm: 3 police officers injured.
Report 11.47 pm: 2 terrorists are holed up inside Oberoi Hotel. 2 terrorists reach GT hospital. Maharashtra DGP A N Roy advises Mumbaikars to stay indoors. Railways IG KP Raghuwanshi confirms it's a terrorist attack.
Fifteen people have been injured (which includes a tourist) in seven separate instances of firing at CST station, Colaba (near Taj Mahal hotel), Vile Parle, and Nariman Pt. According to reports, it was an attempt to take over the Taj Mahal hotel, and latest reports indicate that all the occupants of Taj Mahal hotel have been bundled into three rooms and are safe.
Two terrorists are still inside Taj Mahal hotel, and paramilitary forces have entered the building. The lobby of the hotel is full of blood stains.
Latest reports indicate that one more blast has been reported at Vile Parle.
Office-goers in all these three areas have been stuck in their offices as the police has asked companies to shut their gates. Says Jasleen Kaur Gupta, who works with The Times of India, "We have been locked inside our offices and can hear huge bullet shots and even loud noises that sound like bomb blasts. We are very scared."
First gun shots were heard around 9.15 pm. Latest reports indicate Leopold Cafe has been vacated.
Unconfirmed reports indicate two groups as being involved in the fracas. All these three areas are deserted. Cars were seen backing off hastily, and people were seen running helter-skelter.
According to reports, Nigerian terrorists are suspected to be involved.
There is also news that there has been a blast in a Colaba building. Police and paramilitary forces have arrived on the scene.
No official comment has been forthcoming.
