In India, two top political figures have resigned days after a deadly attack on the city of Mumbai left at least 172 dead and hundreds injured. On Wednesday, attackers armed with automatic weapons and a vest of grenades targeted multiple locations in Mumbai, including two luxury hotels, a restaurant, a hospital, the city’s largest train station, a movie theater, and a Jewish center. The dead included eighteen foreigners. Hostages were held for up to sixty hours as Indian forces battled the gunmen inside multiple locations, including the historic Taj Mahal Hotel. Indian officials believe the coordinated raids were carried out by as few as ten gunmen who arrived in the city by boat.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: “We have had terrorist attacks before ours, but this attack was different. It was an attack by highly trained and well-armed terrorists targeting our largest city.”