MUMBAI'S CHABAD HOSTAGES WERE KILLED

HAARTEZ: Rescue personnel: Hostages in Mumbai Chabad house are dead

Indian commandos found two bodies at Mumbai's Chabad center on Friday which appear to be of hostages, the country's National Security Guards chief said.

Chabad first raised the alarm Wednesday night, when the city-wide attacks began, saying it had failed to make contact with Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his Israeli wife, Rivki. At least 143 people have been killed and hundreds others wounded in the attacks, which appeared to target locations popular with foreigners.

Israel's ambassador to India, Mark Sofer, told Sky News on Friday evening that it was unclear how people had been inside the building when the siege began.

J.K. Dutt also told Indian television that the commandos had killed two militants in operations at the center.

"We have neutralised two terrorists," Dutt said. "Along with that we have also found two bodies. Those bodies appear to be of hostages."

The Israeli Orthodox rescue service ZAKA also said Friday that staff it had sent to Mumbai to help at the siege believed that hostages in the center had died.

"Apparently the hostages did not remain alive," the Zaka service said in a brief statement quoting its staff in Mumbai. It did identify the hostages nor say how many may have died. A rabbi and his wife had been believed to be held hostage.

*******UPDATE: JPOST: Five hostages in Mumbai's Chabad House have been killed, an Israeli diplomat in India was quoted by Reuters as saying Friday afternoon.

*******UPDATE: CNN:

The bodies of five hostages have been found at a Jewish center in Mumbai, according to reports, but fighting still rages at a hotel in the city two days after terrorists launched a series of deadly attacks. ... Watch chaos at Jewish center »

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