Mumbai massacre: British man hid passport in false leg

Nov 30 2008

A TERRIFIED tourist escaped terrorists after hiding his UK passport in his false leg - because he knew they would kill westerners.

Richard Farah, who lives in Trinidad but has family in Britain, barricaded himself in his Taj Mahal Hotel room for 25 hours before being freed.

He said: "I had hidden my passport in the lining of my false leg so if terrorists had come to get me they wouldn't have found it."

In the Leopold Cafe, a Briton miraculously survived being shot three times.

Harnish Patel, 29, of Havant, Hampshire, said: "I was so lucky - the guy showered the bar with bullets."

Royal Bank of Scotland manager Roger Hunt, 42, of Macduff, Aberdeenshire, was on his way home last night after a 36-hour ordeal trapped in his Oberoi Hotel room.

He landed in Aberdeen at 10.30am and was debriefed by police before being reunited with his family.