November 29, 2008
As they came out on to the street between two hotels targeted by the terrorists, they and their son Abbas, 22, were singled out by the terrorists. They ordered Abbas to stand aside and he was then forced to watch as they opened fire on his parents, killing them both.Yet another reason to arm yourself now: Mumbai photographer: I wish I'd had a gun, not a camera. Armed police would not fire back
"What angered Mr D'Souza almost as much were the masses of armed police hiding in the area who simply refused to shoot back. "There were armed policemen hiding all around the station but none of them did anything," he said. "At one point, I ran up to them and told them to use their weapons. I said, 'Shoot them, they're sitting ducks!' but they just didn't shoot back."Mumbai siege: 300 feared dead as full horror of the terrorist attacks emerges Time for several intense carpet bombings of Faridkot and environs: Mumbai terror attacks: India fury at Pakistan as bloody siege is crushed
Under questioning, Kasab is said to have admitted to being a resident of Faridkot in Pakistan's Punjab province. 'I was trained by Lashkar-e-Taiba and asked to cause maximum casualties in Mumbai.'Prebooked:
According to Indian media reports, the captured militant said that a room booked in the Taj had been used to store explosives and ammunition ahead of the attacks. This might explain how the squads of gunmen were able to reload their weapons over more than 50 hours and appeared to have an inexhaustible supply of grenades.
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