FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Miami – Florida, November 26, 2008)

AMANA, American Muslim Association of North America has condemned strongly the attacks in Mumbai, the financial capital of India. AMANA board of Directors empathize with the families of victims, hostages and police officers killed in the attacks and hopes for the safe release of the hostages. 

Gunmen launched co-ordinated attacks in Mumbai, India killed at least 101 people and wounded more than 250. Several targets — at least two-five star hotels, the city’s largest train station, a Jewish center, a movie theater and a hospital — were attacked by militants wielding grenades and machine guns. Ongoing hostage situations continued through the night and morning at the Taj Mahal and Oberei Hotels and the Nariman House, which is the home of the city’s Chabad-Lubavitch center. Scores of people, said to include foreign nationals, have been held hostage in two luxury hotels – the Taj Mahal Palace and the Oberoi Trident – and an office block.

Eyewitnesses have said the attackers had been seeking out UK and US passport holders.

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