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• The Cafe Leopold restaurant was one of the buildings targeted during a series of terrorist attacks on the city of Mumbai on November 26, 2008. Several popular tourist locations were attacked, including at least four hotels, the Cama Hospital and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station.CNN: Gunmen attack targets in Indian city (November 26, 2008)

  The Cafe Leopold is a backpacker hangout located behind the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. The cafe was one of the first targets. Between about 9:30 and 9:45 pm on November 26, two men in their mid-20s arrived at the cafe and starting firing machine guns into the crowd. Gunshots hit about 10 people before the gunmen moved on.Wall Street Journal: The Hunted: 'We Were Ready to Die' (November 28, 2008)

• Fast Facts

  1. Attacks began at approximately 10: 30 p.m. local timeCNN: Gunmen attack targets in Indian city (November 26, 2008)
  2. Most of the violence occurred in Mumbai's Colaba districtWall Street Journal: Dozens...Killed in Mumbai Attacks (November 26, 2008)
  3. A local police officer reported that the terrorists were equipped with grenades and automatic firearmsAl Jazeera English: Deaths in Mumbai 'terror' attacks (November 26, 2008)
  4. The attacks appear to have been coordinatedCNN: Gunmen attack targets in Indian city (November 26, 2008)
  5. At least seven locations were attackedWall Street Journal: Dozens...Killed in Mumbai Attacks (November 26, 2008)
  6. Cafe Leopold frequented by Western tourists and other foreignersFrommers: Leopold Cafe

• Other Attack Locations

  1. Trident Hotel
  2. Hotel Oberoi
  3. Taj Mahal Palace Hotel
  4. JW Marriott Hotel

• Quote

  "The police were taken by surprise...they are not equipped for this type of attack, which would have been organised as it struck several areas at once."—Al Jazeera reporter Riz Khan

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  Trident Hotel Attack | Mumbai Hostages | Hotel Oberoi Attack | Taj Mahal Palace Hotel Attack | Mumbai Terrorist Attacks | Marriott Mumbai Attack | Mumbai | Vijay Salaskar | Terrorism | Deccan Mujahideen | Indian Mujahideen | Ajmal Qasab | Yusuf Muzammil

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