Shootout at Taj Mahal Hotel and Three Other Locations in Mumbai

At least 12 policemen were injured when unidentified criminals opened fire at security forces at three different locations in this commercial capital of India Wednesday night, officials said.The first incident took place at between 10.15 p.m. and 10.30 p.m. when bullets, apparently from automatic weapons, were fired at police and paramilitary forces outside the Taj Mahal Hotel in south Mumbai.

In what looks like fresh attack of terror, firing has been reported from 4 different places, while blasts have occurred in two different places. There are conflicting reports about the firing, with some reports putting it down as AK 47 fire, while others reports put it down to machine gun fire.