MADRID, Nov 27, 2008 (AFP) - 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 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.
Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba confirmed that Spain plans to send a plane to evacuate its citizens "as soon as possible."
Speaking in Brussels, he also said two Spaniards were injured in one of the hotels targeted, one of whom underwent surgery in hospital.
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 arrived 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.