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Mumbai attack on 26th November 2008 - Remembering National Heroes

In November 2008, Pakistan supported Lashkar-e-Taiba sent a few terrorists to Mumbai to attack and...

👤 Prime Point Srinivasan26 Nov 2016 2:15 PM GMT
Mumbai attack on 26th November 2008 - Remembering National Heroes
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In November 2008, Pakistan supported Lashkar-e-Taiba sent a few terrorists to Mumbai to attack and to create instability in India. On 26th November 2008 these terrorists entered Mumbai through sea and started their attacks in 8 places commencing from Chatrapathi Shivaji Terminus. Simultaneously, they were attacking Taj Hotel and Nariman House, where Jewish community people were living.

In the process 168 innocent people lost their lives. More than 300 people got injured.

Rapid Action Force personnel and Marine Commandos (MARCOS), National Security Guards (NSG) commandos and Mumbai Police did an excellent job to save the lives of the people and to kill the terrorists. 10 Terrorists were shot by the commandos. One Terrorist Ajmal Kasab was caught alive. After due judicial process, he was hanged on 21st November 2012 at Pune. In the process, 19 police and other officials lost their lives to save the public and the nation.

Digital PreSense salutes these martyrs for their sacrifice

By Prime Point Srinivasan, Editor in Chief, PreSense

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