Mumbai: The seige at the Oberoi and the Nariman house ended on Friday night. This morning- the NSG commandos sounded the all clear for the Taj as well.
Security forces completed operations at the Taj Hotel, sounding an all clear after the last of the terrorists were killed.
However, the NSG is still combing rooms of the hotel for explosives and booby-traps, but says it will be over soon.
They have recovered 22 bodies of hostages from the hotel.
The NSG says a total of 10 terrorists have been killed so far and one captured.
Four terrorists were killed at the Taj, two each at the Oberoi and Nariman House.
Two others were gunned down on Thursday when they fled Cama hospital.
Security forces have recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition, including AK 56 rifles, pistols, grenades and 2 kilograms of RDX .
About 8 kilograms of explosives have been defused and the last three terrorists holed up inside Taj hotel were killed on Saturday.
The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chaired an emergency meeting with security officials and the NSG. He has also called for an all-party meeting tomorrow.
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