November 26, 2021 marks 13 years of the 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks. 13 years ago on November 26, 2008, Mumbai witnessed 12 bombing attacks across some of the most prominent places like the Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, the Taj Mahal Hotel, the Oberoi, the Nariman House Jewish Community among other places. As many as 166 people were killed including 18 security personnel and several others got injured. A total of 10 members of the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba carried out a coordinated deadly terror attack in Mumbai that lasted for four days. 9 out of the 10 terrorists were killed by the security forces.
The then Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) Chief Hemant Karkare, Army Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Mumbai’s Additional Police Commissioner Ashok Kamtee, Senior Police Inspector Vijay Salaskar, and Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Tukaram Omble lost lives while taking down the terrorists. On November 26, 2021, President Ram Nath Kovind, PM Narendra Modi, and Union Ministers including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah paid their tributes to those who were killed in the 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks.
26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks: Background
10 members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist outfit entered Mumbai through the sea route from Pakistan and began their series of coordinated bombing attacks that lasted for four days. On November 26, 2008, they launched their first attack at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station. The second attack was carried out at the Nariman House wherein five Israeli citizens also got killed. The third attack was carried out at the Leopold Café and Taj Mahal Hotel. The fourth attack was carried out at Oberoi-Trident Hotel.
The series of 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai began on November 26, 2008, and ended on November 29, 2008, when the Commandoes of the National Security Guards (NSG)gunned down 9 out of the 10 terrorists at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Ajmal Kasab was the lone survivor terrorist.
Who was behind the 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks?
A total of 10 members of the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba carried out a coordinated deadly terror attack in Mumbai that lasted for four days. The mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks was Hafiz Saeed whom Pakistan arrested and later released.
Ajmal Kasab was the only surviving attacker of the 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks
Ajmal Kasab was the only surviving attacker among the 10 members of the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba who carried out the 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks. Kasab was arrested by the security forces and upon interrogation, he confirmed that the attacks were coordinated and conducted by the Lashkar-e-Taiba and other Pakistan-based terror outfits. Kasab was sentenced to death in 2012 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune.
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