MUMBAI (AFP) - This is how the terror attacks in Mumbai, which have left more than 125 people dead, unfolded. - A series of attacks begins around 10:30pm (1700 GMT) Wednesday in the Indian financial hub Mumbai involving gunmen armed with powerful assault rifles and grenades. - Maharashtra state police chief AN Roy says "unknown terrorists" have opened fire in "at least seven to eight places" across the city. They include two five-star hotels, the Taj Mahal and Oberoi/Trident, the main railway station, a hospital and a restaurant popular with tourists. - About 60 bodies and more than 200 injured are brought to a hospital in Mumbai after a series of shootings and blasts, the Press Trust of India says. - The US State Department condemns the "horrific" attacks and says it is monitoring the situation closely. - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the attacks are "outrageous." - A group calling itself the "Deccan Mujahideen" claims responsibility. - Military commandos storm the Taj Mahal hotel in the early hours of Thursday, reportedly killing two gunmen and freeing some guests. Flames and a massive plume of smoke billow out of the hotel. - US President-elect Barack Obama condemns the attacks and says the United States must work to strengthen ties with India and other nations to "root out and destroy terrorist networks." - India's stock and commodity exchanges are closed due to the attacks, along with shops, schools and businesses. Airlines cancel flights. - One of the gunmen involved in the attacks tells a television channel he belongs to an Indian group seeking an end to the persecution of Indian Muslims. - More flames and smoke billow out of the Taj Mahal hotel following an encounter between police battling their way through the hotel and gunmen holding the hostages. - Indian police are in the process of clearing the Taj Mahal hotel and have not encountered a "hostage-like situation," the state's police chief says. - About 200 people remain trapped in the Trident/Oberoi hotel, a senior company official says. The hostages are trapped in their rooms terrified to move. - A blaze breaks out in the Trident/Oberoi hotel as a military and police operation to rescue people taken hostage by armed militants continues. - The militants who carried out the attacks came from Pakistan, a senior Indian military official says. - More than 125 people have been killed in the attacks, a senior police official says. - Pakistan's defence minister says his country has played no role in the attacks. - The Israeli embassy says 10-20 of its nationals among Mumbai hostages. - Officials say Indian police and army commandos have killed all the militants holed up in the Taj Mahal hotel. They have nearly completed their operation to flush out all militants holed up in Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel, with just one injured gunman remaining, a top official said.