Mumbai "still not under control": chief minister

Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:29pm EST
 
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The chief minister of Maharashtra state said on Thursday the situation in Mumbai was still not under control after attacks by gunmen across the financial hub.

"The situation is still not under control and we are trying to flush out any more terrorists hiding inside the two hotels," Vilasrao Deshmukh, Maharashtra's chief minister, told a news conference.

Mumbai is capital of the state.

(Reporting by Bappa Majumdar; Editing by Alistair Scrutton and Jerry Norton)

 

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