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| November 16, 2009 | | Tourists back in Mumbai, throng the sites of terror | |
Mumbai:A large number of curious foreign tourists are visiting the sites of last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, providing brisk business to travel agents. "Yes, I am aware of that. Some foreigners have come here. They want to see the bullet marks, what happened, from all over the world," said Eric Anthony, manager of Leopold café. But some tourists disapproved of it saying it was a bad way to
make money. "I think it is a bad idea to make money out of it and I would not agree to be
guided by tourist agencies to be led to places where this happened," said Phokar
Ponarama, a foreign tourist. The 2008 attacks were more than ten coordinated shooting
and bombing attacks across Mumbai. Eight of the attacks occurred in South Mumbai
at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Oberoi Trident, the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower,
Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital , the Orthodox Jewish-owned Nariman House, the Metro
Cinema, and a lane behind the Times of India building and St. Xavier's College.
There was also an explosion at Mazagaon, in Mumbai's port area, and in a taxi
at Vile Parle. Several people were held hostage for the next three days and at
least 166 people were killed before commandoes smoked out the last of the terrorists
on November 28. |
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