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Mumbai Terror Attack Updates Day 2 November 27, 2008, 2:04 PM (GMT+02:00) - Indian forces poised to storm two hotels and Chabad center where terrorists are holding hostages, including Israelis. - Israel-India flights continue on schedule. One carried a group of Israeli doctors for Mumbai. - The Islamist terrorists attacking Mumbai for the second day came from outside the country. - Indian security sources report many Israeli hostages in the Oberoi Hotel, which the terrorists still control amid sustained gunfire in the lobby. - Heavy battles resume in the Taj Palace Hotel. - Indian naval troops board the MV Alpha freighter suspected of having sailed the terrorists to Mumbai's shore from Karachi, Pakistan. - Anti-tanks missiles handed out to Indian commando force battling terrorists at Taj Palace hotel. - Indian general: Four or five terrorists inside Chabad Center. - Islamist shooting attacks and blasts spread to southern Mumbai away from the hotel district --- - Terrorists hurl grenades at Indian forces surrounding Chabad Center and the Oberoi hotel. - Fighting flares up anew in the Taj Palace Hotel said to have been cleared Thursday. Some hostages escaped and many bodies were found in guests' rooms. - Terrorists are still holed up at the Oberoi Hotel and Chabad Center with hostages, including Israelis, under police-commando siege. - A loud explosion at the Oberoi Hotel as some of the hundreds of hostages escape. - A woman and child held at Chabad center came out of the building. - The Mumbai stock exchange stays shut. - Police sappers defuse bombs containing RDX strewn across the town. - International airlines cancel flights to the beleaguered Indian town. -The terrorists wear elite military unit uniforms. Each has an automatic rifle, grenades and military-style kit.

Islamist terrorists hold two Mumbai locations on Day 2 of attack November 27, 2008, 10:48 AM (GMT+02:00) Taj Palace, Mumbai, under terrorist attack The Israeli foreign ministry situation room has been unable to reach 15 missing Israelis staying at the Chabad center and two hotels in Mubai the day after al Qaeda gunmen staged coordinated attacks on 7-8 mostly tourist locations across the city Wednesday, Nov. 26. They left 100 dead and another 300 injured. CNN reported the bodies of two adults and a boy were found outside the Chabad center which has been seized by the terrorists who may be holding Israeli hostages. It is now surrounded by police and gunfire is heard from the building. Chabad's Web site reports contact has been lost with the center's manager Gavriel Holzberg.  More...