(AKI) - An Indian commando who fought militants inside a luxury hotel in the Indian city of Mumbai said on Friday the guerrillas fired at anyone who moved and showed no remorse. "They were the kind of people with no remorse - anybody and whomsoever came in front of them they fired," the masked commando, from India's crack Marine Commando Force known as MARCOS, told reporters. "We don't know how many have been killed. There are bodies lying strewn everywhere."
He said the commandos were trying to prevent the injury or death of any civilians. "We had to be that much more careful," he said.
The heavily clad commando was speaking amid reports that militants had regained control of the Oberoi hotel but explosions were still being heard outside the nearby Taj Mahal Palace hotel in the heart of the city.
Gun battles were also continuing with militants inside a Jewish centre with about half a dozen foreign hostages.
At least 121 people have been killed and 300 others injured in two days of grenade and gunfire attacks conducted by militants from the so-called Deccan Mujahadeen. Media reports said 24 bodies were discovered by Indian authorities inside the Oberoi hotel and they freed 90 guests and staff members on Friday.
India's foreign minister, Pranab Mukherjee, said "elements with links to Pakistan" were involved.