Terrorist attacks Mumbai rock India

A policeman gives water to an injured child at a hospital in Mumbai on Nov. 26, 2008. Cama Hospital in south Mumbai was also a terrorist target in Wednesday's attacks.

India's financial capital became a scene of panic as people fled to escape the destruction and mayhem. Above, people seek cover at the front of a hotel in Mumbai.

Plumes of smoke rise above the Taj Hotel.

At least 78 have been killed in the brutal attacks in Mumbai, India, the rich island city known as the New York of India.

India media reported two gunmen had taken a position on an abandoned train at platform 7 of the train station and were in a pitched gun battle with police commandos.

A man shows the wounds of another man who was injured in a gunbattle at the Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus.

A man injured in firing supports himself on a railing.

A policeman stands guard after shootings by the assailants at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station.

Hundreds watch the police survey the destruction at the site of an explosion.

People grieve during the devastating attacks in Mumbai..

The armed assailants opened fired at random in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station in southern Mumbai. A.N Roy, police commissioner of Maharashtra state, said the terrorists had used automatic weapons and lobbed grenades in some places.

Mumbai police stand guard outside the rail station.

In addition to the crowded train station, gunmen targeted two five-star hotels, including the landmark Taj Hotel, above, and Leopold's restaurant, a tourist attraction.

Source : nydailynews