A picture of Mumbai terror attack at Taj Palace hotel
8 years have passed since the Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks and it haunts us till date.
By pratiksha kukreti | Updated: January 9, 2017 9:01 AM IST
8 years have passed since the Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks and it haunts us till date.
For three consecutive days, the city of Mumbai was wrapped in the grip of terror during the attacks.
The heroes and victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks that left 166 people, including 28 foreigners, dead are remembered every year.
10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba carried out a series of 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days across Mumbai.
The terror attacks began on 26 November 2008 and lasted until Saturday, 29 November 2008, killing 166 people and wounding at least 308.
8 of the attacks occurred in South Mumbai at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Oberoi Trident, the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital, the Nariman House Jewish community centre the Metro Cinema, and in a lane behind the Times of India building and St. Xavier's College.
India's National Security Guards (NSG) conducted 'Operation Black Tornado' to flush out the remaining attackers on 29th November 2008.
Ajmal Kasab a terrorist among them disclosed that the attackers were members of Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Indian government said that the attackers came from Pakistan and their controllers were in Pakistan.
Later Pakistan confirmed that the sole surviving perpetrator of the attacks Ajmal Kasab was a Pakistani citizen.