Canadians caught up in bloody Mumbai attack
Islamist militants
MUMBAI -- Militants holed up at a Jewish centre in Mumbai, the embattled city where terrorist attacks have killed more than 100 people, have called an Indian television channel to offer talks with the government for the release of hostages.
"Ask the government to talk to us and we will release the hostages," the man, identified by the India TV channel as Imran, said, speaking in Urdu in what sounded like a Kashmiri accent.
Commandos earlier freed hostages from the Taj Hotel, the scene of a bloody battle, but continued the fight with the Islamist militants who had launched their audacious attack after arrived by boats in Mumbai on Wednesday.
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