Terrorists visited Mumbai before attacks
Mumbai,
Nov
29:
There
were
reports
of
the
terrorists
settimg
up
of
control
rooms
in
Hotels
and
reports
about
their
full
fledge
knowledge
about
the
layout
of
the
hotels.
This
suggests
that
the
terrorists
were
in
the
city
earlier.
This
has
been
proved.
The
Islamist
militants
had
visited
the
city
a
few
months
ago
and
lived
there
for
a
while
pretending
to
be
students,
the
Times
of
India
reported
on
Saturday,
Nov
29.
Quoting
from
interrogation
reports
of
one
of
the
militants
taken
into
custody,
the
newspaper
said
nine
militants
rented
an
apartment
in
the
Colaba
area
of
downtown
Mumbai,
near
where
the
attacks
were
carried
out.
The group often visited the two luxury hotels that were among the city landmarks attacked on Wednesday night, it added.
The militants, who were mainly Pakistanis, pretended to be Malaysians during their reconnaissance visit, the newspaper said.
At least 10 militants slipped into Mumbai this week after hijacking an Indian fishing trawler in international waters and killing the four crew, it said. They came ashore in rubber dinghies and the trawler was found abandoned off Mumbai.
In all, 16 militants took part in the attack, the newspaper said, but it did not give details on how the others may have entered the city.
At least 144 people have been killed and more than 280 wounded in the attacks. Indian commandos were still trying to flush out two or three militants holed up in the Taj Mahal hotel.
OneIndia
News