Europe plans to send plane to Mumbai: Spanish consul

MADRID: European nations plan to send a plane to India to fly their citizens out of Mumbai, where coordinated attacks by Islamic militants left at least 100 dead, Spain's consul in the city said on Thursday.

"I know that there are two initiatives: one from the Spanish government to send a plane, and an initiative on the European level to send a larger plane to allow all Europeans to travel," Cesar Alba said on Spanish National Radio.

Alba said all Spanish nationals in Mumbai had been located, with about 20 having taken refuge in the Spanish consulate.

Spanish media reported that two Spaniards were hurt in the attacks.

The head of the Madrid regional government, Esperanza Aguirre, escaped unhurt from a shootout at her hotel in Mumbai, a government spokesman said. She was to arrive back in Madrid on Thursday morning.

Officials said at least 100 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in the gun and grenade attacks across India's financial capital that began late on Wednesday.

Army commandos laid siege Thursday to two luxury hotels where gunmen held foreign guests hostage.