November 26 in History
2008 - Gunmen believed to be connected to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based terrorist organization—launch a series of coordinated attacks in Mumbai (Bombay) that last for four days and kills at least 174
The members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a militant Islamist organization from Pakistan, a four-day siege of Mumbai on this day in 2008, with 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks across the city killing 175 people and injuring 300.
The attacks, which drew widespread global condemnation, lasted till November 29 and saw eight of the attacks occurring in South Mumbai: at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, the Oberoi Trident, the Taj Palace & Tower, the Leopold Cafe, the Cama Hospital, the Nariman House, the Metro Cinema, and in a lane behind the Times of India building and St. Xavier’s College. There was also an explosion at Mazagaon, in Mumbai’s port area, and in a taxi at Vile Parle.
By the early morning of November 28, all sites except for the Taj Hotel had been secured b the Mumbai Police and security forces. On November 29, India’s National Security Guards (NSG) conducted Operation Black Tornado to flush out the remaining attackers; it culminated in the death of the last remaining attackers at the Taj Hotel and ended the attacks.[
Before his execution in 2012, Ajmal Kasab, the sole surviving attacker, disclosed that the attackers were members of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, and were controlled from Pakistan, corroborating initial claims from the Indian Government. Pakistan later confirmed that the sole surviving perpetrator of the attacks was a Pakistani citizen.
-Wikipedia
Photo Caption – The damaged Oberoi Trident Hotel in Mumbai, India – Wikipedia
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