Papers reflect on Mumbai horror

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Among the pages of coverage of the atrocities in Mumbai, the Guardian sums up what happened with: "India's 9/11".

As horrific in scale as the attacks in Madrid and London, they were, the paper believes, of a different order to the assaults India has suffered before.

The Sun writes of the baby-faced terror squad and runs a picture of one of the gunmen - casually dressed and with a machine gun slung over his shoulder.

Moments after the image was taken 10 people had been shot dead.

The abyss

The Times fears India is staring into the abyss, that extremist violence has shaken the core of a secular society.

The chilling last moments of the British millionaire Andreas Liveras killed in the Mumbai terrorist attack are highlighted by the Independent.

He died as gunmen tore through the exclusive Taj Mahal Hotel. "Everybody is living on their nerves," he told the BBC, shortly before his death.

The paper explains he had survived an initial attack and thought he was safe.

Conspiracy theory

The Daily Mail chooses as its main story the arrest of the shadow immigration minister Damian Green.

According to the paper, furious Conservatives say the operation was so sensitive that Downing Street and the Home Office must have known about it.

The Daily Mirror seeks the view of Dragon's Den TV star and millionaire Theo Paphitis on what went wrong in the run up to the demise of Woolworths.

He says it has been "rubbishly managed" but adds that it can be turned round.

'Flipping madness'

Finally, the Daily Mail reports on a scheme in Torquay aimed at helping women who have difficulty tottering in their high heels after a night out.

Police are being issued with flip-flops to hand out to female revellers who are a spot the worse for wear.

Paid for by a Home Office grant, the rubber shoes are available in pink and purple and will carry a message about safer drinking.

The paper sums up its view on the plan with the headline: "Flipping madness".