MUMBAI, THE SURVIVORS SPEAK: By Ramola Talwar Badam in Mumbai

THe bodies of another 22 victims were removed from the Taj Mahal Hotel last night as survivors of the Mumbai massacre spoke of their terrifying experiences.

Britons described walking through rooms strewn with bodies and "blood and guts" as they were led to safety through the hotel foyer.

Businessman Andreas Liveras is the only Briton confirmed as one of around 200 dead, but it is feared the number of British victims may rise as the remaining bodies are identified.

Around 295 people were injured, including at least eight Britons, some of whom remain in hospital. Among them is Harnish Patel, who was shot during the attack on the Leopold Cafe Bar. He said he was in a lot of pain after surgery to his chest.

Lynne and Kenneth Shaw, of Penarth, South Wales, were in a restaurant at the Taj Mahal when the terrorists struck. They were led into a staff corridor and were close to the exit when more shots rang out.

Lynne stumbled as she fled, and said: "That probably saved my life. I think they only missed me for that reason."

The couple then hid under a marble table "cuddling each other" until help came, but she was terrified the men who tried to help them were terrorists.

"I thought we were going to be executed," she said, adding that she only felt safe when she recognised the uniforms of Gurkhas as they were led down the stairs. There was blood, guts, bullet cases. There was even the odd body," she said. "It was awful,"

Richard Farah barricaded himself in his room for 25 hours and hid his passport in his false leg.

"I had hidden my passport in the lining of the leg. If they had come to get me they wouldn't have found a passport," he told reporters after landing at Heathrow Airport. The terrorists were reported to be seeking British and American passport-holders.

Farah feared he was "a goner" when explosions shook the floor of his room before commandos kicked in his door and led him down the stairs. He saw blood on every floor and said: "Eventually we got to the lobby. I saw all the blood and broken glass and shrapnel ... tonnes of blood and shoes, people's shoes, women's shoes, men's shoes."

Farah, who lives in Trinidad but has family in London, said his life may have been saved by his decision to go to his room rather than stay in the bar.

Fellow Brit Liveras was not so lucky when he went to the Taj Hotel for a "quick curry". Business associate Nicholas Edmiston yesterday said Liveras had stayed at the restaurant even though he knew shots had been heard in Mumbai. Edmiston, who had been entertaining visitors on Liveras' yacht, said: "He felt it was nothing too dangerous. Sadly it all got worse."

He said Liveras stayed in contact and later told him he was hiding in a room with around 100 others. Witnesses told him gunmen burst in at about 5am local time and started firing.

"Andreas was hit in the head. The purser from his yacht tried to shield him. He had two bullets in his shoulder and is recovering in hospital after having them removed. Andreas was killed outright. There was absolutely no hope for him."

The British Deputy High Commissioner in Mumbai, Vicki Treadell, said around 90 British nationals had been helped to get home in the past two days.Treadell, who had visited some of the injured in hospital, said: "They are in remarkably good spirits considering everything they have gone through."

The Indian navy is investigating whether a trawler found drifting off the coast of Mumbai with a bound corpse on board, was used by the terrorists.

India's foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee yesterday told reporters it was believed "some elements in Pakistan are responsible for the Mumbai terror attacks".

But Pakistan's foreign minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the country's government and institutions were "unanimous that Pakistan is not involved in this ghastly act".

Despite reports that the terrorists may have had links with the UK, the Foreign Office said it has "no evidence" that any of the terrorists were British.

Prime minister Gordon Brown said he had spoken to India's Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, who "at no point" suggested there was evidence of any terrorist of British origins.

Speaking to the Progress Conference in London yesterday Brown added: "A great multi-faithed democracy has been laid low by terrorists. It raises huge questions about how the world addresses violent extremism."

Scotland Yard detectives were flying to Mumbai to help with the investigation and a Foreign Office rapid deployment team, including members of the British Red Cross specialising in trauma, has also gone to help.

A British Foreign Office spokesman said only one Briton has been confirmed as dead in Mumbai.

"We don't know if this figure is likely to rise," he said last night.

Consular assistance has been provided to seven injured British nationals, of which six were still in hospital, while help has has also been given to more than 100 British nationals caught up in the incidents.There have been 1670 calls to the Foreign Office helpline, he added.