TV star Brooke Satchwell is among Australians trapped in the Mumbai hell zone, it has emerged.
The former Neighbours beauty and ex-girlfriend of actor Matthew Newton has told of fleeing past bodies as Islamic terrorists attacked two exclusive hotels among a series of strikes across Indian finance hub Mumbai.
Speaking on the phone from the city – where it was believed she was working on a travel documentary, Nomad Traveller – she said: “It was terrifying”.
She had been staying in the Taj Mahal hotel, where Westerners were taken hostage as others scrambled to escape.
The 28-year-old spent almost an hour hiding in the bathroom with six others before escaping – climbing over dead bodies as she went.
“People were getting shot in the corridor and there was someone dead out the front of the bathroom,” she told National Nine News.
“Next thing I knew I was running down the stairs and there were a couple of dead bodies across the stairs. It was chaos.”
After hiding for 45 terrifiying minutes she was helped out by staff members and ran to another hotel where she remained safe.
The actress, most recently seen in Nine drama Canal Road, was on holidays in Mumbai accompanying her film editor boyfriend David Gross.
The Oberoi hotel was also targeted and like the Taj Mahal is believed to still be occupied by gunmen…reports The Daily Telegraph.
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