The target of the Mumbai terror incident

In this attack, British and American tourists have become the primary targets. Terrorists are specifically looking for people holding American and British passports. A British tourist who dined at the Ober Lombok resort said the gunmen first singled out Brits and Americans. He said that a young gunman in his twenties or thirties drove 30 to 40 people from the restaurant into the stairs and ordered everyone to raise their hands. They picked out the British and the Americans. An Italian recalled: “They asked you first which country you are from? I answered that I was from Italy and they said ‘very good’ and allowed me to leave. I was scared because ‘very good’ usually means not asking why , was shot directly, but thank God they didn’t kill me.”

Some members of the European Parliament who stayed at the Taj Mahal Hotel to attend the "EU-India Meeting" were trapped in the basement of the hotel and could not escape and could only use their mobile phones to stay in touch with the outside world. A parliamentarian described his experience to the British media: "I was in the lobby of the hotel, and the terrorists walked in and people started running away. There was a terrorist standing next to me and firing in all directions. I tried to avoid him. , ran into the hotel kitchen.”

Some media reported that after the terrorists burst into a restaurant with weapons, they immediately ordered the foreign tourists who were eating to stand up and line up to report their nationality. All those who claimed to be British and American tourists. Shot on the spot. According to tourists who escaped from the scene, British and American tourists were also targeted by terrorists for kidnapping. In the Taj Mahal Hotel, 15 people, including 7 foreigners, were taken to the top floor of the hotel as hostages.