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LATEST: Militants
threatened to harm her if Indian forces stormed the building, said
a foreign ministry spokesman
MS LO Hoei Yen, a 28-year-old Singaporean lawyer who had been
taken hostage at a luxury Mumbai hotel, was confirmed dead on
Friday night.
Her body was identified by her husband, Mr Michael Puhaindran,
who had flown out to Mumbai on Thursday night.
She had flown to Mumbai to attend a business seminar on
Wednesday morning, but found herself mired in the violence hours
later when terrorists toting guns and grenades overran the posh
Oberoi Hotel she was in.
She is believed to be the the first Singaporean victim of a
terror attack.
Her body was found on the 19th floor of the Oberoi hotel. --
SPH, AFP
