What is the real event prototype of Mumbai Hotel?

It tells the story of the terrorist attack on the Taj Mahal, a five-star hotel in Mumbai, India, on June 5438+065438+ 10, 2008.

Indian media quoted the statistics of Mumbai Disaster Management Bureau as saying that from 0: 30 on October 26th, 2008 to 0: 00 on October 29th, 2008, nearly 60 hours of terrorist attacks killed 195 people, and injured 295 others, mainly Indians, but also at least 22 foreign tourists.

At the press conference of165438+1October 29th, Interior Minister patil said that the terrorists' goal before the operation was to kill 5,000 people. Patil said that the preliminary investigation showed that 10 terrorists participated in the attack, of which 9 were killed in the crossfire and 1 0 was captured alive.

165438+1At about 2 1 30 on October 26th, a group of terrorists armed with submachine guns and grenades broke into taj mahal hotel, the most famous five-star hotel in Mumbai. They shot at everyone and threw grenades everywhere.

Almost at the same time, nine places, such as Oberoi Hotel, nariman Building where Jews live, a big market and CST Railway Station with the busiest traffic, were also attacked by terrorists. Local public opinion generally believes that this is the scariest night in the history of Mumbai, India's most modern city.

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According to the latest figures 165438 released by the Indian government on October 30th, the terrorist attack in Mumbai, which lasted for three days and ended in a shocking gunfight between soldiers and gangsters, has shaken the lifestyle of Lotte know life in India to some extent. This weekend, most shocked Indians chose to stay at home. Mumbai, which is crowded on weekdays, feels a little deserted for the first time in decades.

From New Delhi to London, almost all current affairs commentators discussed the fragile democracy and social balance in India's complex national conditions exposed by the Mumbai tragedy at the same time. Some articles even say that the rift of social expansion "will tear India apart". This is undoubtedly a blow to India's "dream of a big country."

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