11-27-2008, 04:31 AM
<b>78 Die in Mumbai Shootings, Officials Say</b> <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->I was in the main lobby and there was all of a sudden a lot of firing outside," said Sajjad Karim, <b>part of a delegation of European lawmakers visiting Mumbai ahead of a forthcoming EU-India summit.</b> He turned to get away "and all of a sudden another gunmen appeared in front of us, carrying machine gun-type weapons. And he just started firing at us ... I just turned and ran in the opposite direction," he told The Associated Press over his mobile phone.
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India has been wracked by deadly bomb attacks in recent years, which police blame on <b>Muslim militants intent on destabilizing this largely Hindu country</b>. Since October 2005, nearly 700 people have died in the bombings. And since May a militant group calling itself the Indian Mujahideen had taken credit for a string of blasts that have killed more than 130.
The most recent was in September when a series of explosions struck a park and crowded shopping areas in the capital, New Delhi, killing 21 people and wounding about 100 others.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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India has been wracked by deadly bomb attacks in recent years, which police blame on <b>Muslim militants intent on destabilizing this largely Hindu country</b>. Since October 2005, nearly 700 people have died in the bombings. And since May a militant group calling itself the Indian Mujahideen had taken credit for a string of blasts that have killed more than 130.
The most recent was in September when a series of explosions struck a park and crowded shopping areas in the capital, New Delhi, killing 21 people and wounding about 100 others.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->