MUMBAI, India–They showed up, as they do every night: businessmen for meetings in the elegant restaurant that overlooks the harbour, politicians for cocktails in a bar with velvet seats and wood and marble floors, friends for a steak dinner by the pool.
But then the shooting started.
Explosions followed in and around the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower – a Mumbai landmark with sweeping staircases, onyx columns and high alabaster ceilings, known at the playground of the city's elite since it opened in 1903.
At least 119 people were killed in coordinated when the teams of gunmen stormed the Taj and another hotel, a popular restaurant, hospitals, a Jewish centre, a crowded train station and at least five other sites. A group of suspected Muslim militants claimed responsibility.
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