Mumbai Terror: Five Chinese hostages safe

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Press Trust of India Beijing
Last Updated : Jan 19 2013 | 10:59 PM IST

Five Chinese nationals who were among the others trapped inside the terror struck Oberoi hotel are now safe, state media reported today.

"Five Chinese people who were among the trapped in Oberoi in Mumbai yesterday are safe now, Zhang Longhai, an official of the Chinese Consulate-General in Mumbai, told Xinhua.

Yesterday, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in a message to his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh condemned the Mumbai terror attacks and said Beijing is strongly opposed to any form of terrorism.

The death toll in the audacious strikes in ten places across the city has climbed to 127 today.

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