Gunmen rampaged through a series of targets in the commercial capital of India , killing indiscriminately and taking hostages at two luxury hotels . Testolini said she and 200 others waited in the dark ballroom for several hours , listening to the intensifying sounds of gunfire and grenades . Eventually , the hotel staff began evacuating guests 10 at a time , women and children first , to the street . For a moment , she thought she was safe . But then , the gunfire returned . `` They were pursing us , and we ran , and we could hear them shooting at us , '' Testolini said . Testolini and her colleagues eventually found shelter in an undisclosed location , where they are keeping up with the news on their BlackBerrys , waiting for signs that it 's safe to move . `` We are far enough away to feel safe but close enough to feel what 's going on , '' said Testolini , who was scheduled to leave Mumbai on Thursday afternoon . `` We 'll lay low till at least the daylight . '' There 's no telling where Testolini would be had she
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Manuela Testolini and her colleagues had just sat down to dinner at the Oberoi hotel restaurant in Mumbai , India , on Wednesday when the sound of gunfire erupted outside . Manuela Testolini was in Mumbai on business when a series of brazen attacks broke out . At first , they did n't know what it was . Then , one of Testolini 's colleagues saw a man get shot to death outside the restaurant 's front door , and everyone started to run . `` We left everything behind , including purses and phones , '' said Testolini , the ex-wife of music icon Prince and founder of In A Perfect World children 's foundation . `` There was a lot of panic . '' Testolini said gunfire followed her as she and dozens more fled through the kitchen and down to the ballroom , where they found temporary refuge from the gunfire and grenades raining outside . Testolini , a Canadian in Mumbai for business , was at the center of a brazen series of coordinated attacks in the southern part of the city overnight Wednesday . Watch Testolini describe running from gunfire ''