(LONDON) - A British Euro MP caught up in the terror attacks in Mumbai spoke Thursday of the moment heavily armed Islamic militants stormed a prestigious hotel and began spraying guests with bullets.

British Conservative MEP Sajjad Karim was part of a European Parliament trade delegation staying at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in India's financial capital when the gunmen burst in.

He told BBC radio: "I walked out of the front doors, then all of a sudden there was gunshots that we could hear from outside the main grounds of the hotel.

"We were directed back into the hotel. At a guess at least one managed to get past security.

"(There were) a lot of people then all of a sudden (we) started running towards the rear exit.

"As we got to the rear exit another gunman came in who was carrying an automatic machine gun type of weapon and he just started firing that, quite indiscriminately really."

Karim, MEP for northwest England, said: "Nothing was being said. There was a lot of shouting and screaming and panic amongst people in the main lobby area.

"We managed to get away, get around a corner and into a nearby kitchen area.

"The gunmen then made their way into the main area of the hotel and through to the rooms... (they) made their way along the corridors, and they were entering rooms and firing and security guards were exchanging fire with them."

Karim had said earlier that he had taken refuge in a restaurant basement with other guests and they had barricaded the doors.

Another member of the delegation, Syed Kamall, a Conservative MEP for London, told the Times newspaper he feared for the safety of his colleagues after losing contact with them.

"We have heard that at least three staff from the hotel were shot dead," he said.

Reports later said all of the European delegation were safe.

Officials said at least 100 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in the gun and grenade attacks by Islamic militants.

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