New Delhi (PTI): The staccato burst of gunfire at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) in Mumbai at 9.21 pm on Wednesday night hardly gave an inkling of the shape of things to come up in the next two to three hours.

Giving a blow-by-blow account of the terror strikes, Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Home Ministry M L Kumawat on Thursday said the next firing occurred at Leopold Cafe at 9.48 pm, followed by a similar incident at Hotel Oberoi at 9.57 pm.

The terrorists then struck Hotel Taj at 10.03 pm, Colaba at 10.25 pm, Times of India building at 10.50 pm, Bombay Municipal Corporation at 10.51 pm and Memosis Building at 10.54 pm, he said.

Kumawat said the terrorists attacked Cama Hospital at 10.59 pm, GT Hospital at 11.19 pm and Head Office Gate No. 6 at 12.07 am. They then struck State Bank of India at 12.29 amand Vidhan Bhavan at 12.32 am.

The grenade attacks were carried out at Mazgaon, Bombay Port Trust colony, Hotel Oberoi, Colaba market, Panchpayari, Cama Hospital, Nehru Road, N B Highway and Free Press Road, he said.

The terrorists were challenged by security men near the CST railway station. One terrorist was killed and another nabbed near the metro junction.

Five other terrorists were killed — two each at Taj Hotel and Chowpatty and one at Nariman House, he added.

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