http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050088.html Report: Mumbai terrorists badly tortured Chabad House victimsBy Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Mumbai Chabad, Mumbai attacks
The terrorists who carried out last month's deadly attacks in Mumbai tortured their victims at the city's Chabad House before killing them, India's Economic Times newspaper has reported.At least 164 people and nine gunmen were killed in the November 26-29 attacks that targeted 10 sites in Mumbai, including the Chabad House and two five-star hotels.
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commando assault ended the two-day siege, but six Jews inside the building, including Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka, were killed.
The newspaper reported that police have obtained closed-circuit camera footage taken at different locations hit by the terrorists which gives evidence of the abuse.
The paper reported that the abuse was mainly carried out against foreigners, in particular at the Taj Mahal Hotel, where eight of the 38 killed were not Indian nationals.
Parents of slain rabbi light menorah in Mumbai
The parents of Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, and his wife, Rivka, lit a 16-foot (5-meter) public menorah Thursday outside the building where their children lived in Mumbai.
Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg and his wife, Frida, were accompanied by Rivka's
parents, Yehudit and Shimon Rosenberg, and several friends and relatives at the lighting ceremony.
The slain Holtzbergs, who moved to Mumbai in 2003, used to light a menorah every year outside the Jewish center also known as Nariman House. Thursday is the fifth night of Hanukkah.
The relatives went inside the building, badly damaged by the attackers and the Indian rescue operations that followed, and also visited the room where Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife were killed.
The Holtzbergs and Rosenbergs are also expected to light a menorah at the
Gateway of India, a ceremonial archway on Mumbai's seafront, a short distance from the Chabad center.
The Holtzberg's 2-year-old son, Moshe, survived the attack on the building that killed his parents and four others - all Jewish foreigners.
The new head of the Chabad center, Rabbi Dov Goldberg, has vowed to restore the building and continue their work in Mumbai.