[/floatl]Bloomberg: Japan Citizen Killed, One Injured in Mumbai Attacks
One Japanese citizen was killed and another injured in grenade and gun attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai late yesterday. Japan confirmed the casualties through its consulate in the city, a foreign ministry spokeswoman, who declined to identified, said. The attacks killed as many as 80 people and injured 240, with five-star hotels among the sites targeted, Indian officials said. The citizen killed was employed by an affiliate of Marubeni Corp., Kyodo News reported, citing the Tokyo-based trading house. The person's name wasn't disclosed in the report.
CNN carries one eyewitness report which apparently involved two Japanese:
"It was absolutely terrifying," Jones told CNN, describing the moment when the doors of the elevator he was riding down to the lobby of the Trident-Oberoi, one of several luxury hotels targeted in the attacks, opened to deadly scenes of chaos. "When the doors opened, two Japanese men riding with us got out, but immediately signaled for us to go back in the lift," he said, speaking by telephone as the violence that left at least 78 people dead continued to rage. "As they got back in, a bullet hit one of the Japanese men in the back of the leg. Flesh and blood splattered everywhere. I looked up to see one of the gunmen was approaching. I tried to close the door, but the injured guy's leg was preventing it from closing." Jones said he dropped to his knees and frantically pulled the Japanese man's leg back into the elevator, watching the doors close even as the gunman was bearing down on them. "I only just kept it together enough to get the door shut," he said. Jones, 42, said he and the others in the elevator rode to the top floor -- the Japanese men getting out midway -- where hotel staff later advised them to seek refuge in the basement via a secure elevator.
