2008 Mumbai Attack

[SrimaRevankar]

I had to post the article yesterday itself, sorry for the delay.

The 2008 Mumbai attacks (also referred to as 26/11) were a series of terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, an extremist organisation, carried out 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days across Mumbai. The attacks, which drew widespread global condemnation, began on Wednesday 26 November and lasted until Saturday 29 November 2008. At least 174 people died, including 9 attackers, and more than 300 were wounded. 

Location of the 2008 Mumbai Attacks.

Location	Mumbai, India Leopold Café Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel Oberoi Trident Cama Hospital Nariman House
Coordinates	18.922125°N 72.832564°E
Date	26 November 2008 – 29 November 2008 21:30 (26/11) – 08:00 (29/11) (IST, UTC+05:30)
Attack type	Bombings, shootings, hostage crisis, siege
Weapons	AK-47, RDX, IEDs, grenades
Deaths	Approximately 166, in addition to 9 attackers
Injured	300+
Victims	See casualty list for complete list
Perpetrators	Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and Lashkar-e-Taiba
No. of participants	10
Defenders	National Security Guards[8][9] MARCOS Mumbai Police Indian ATS Railway Protection Force Mumbai Fire Brigade
Motive	Islamic terrorism

Eight of the attacks occurred in South Mumbai at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai Chabad House, The Oberoi Trident, The Taj Palace & Tower, Leopold Cafe, 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 28 November, all sites except for the Taj Hotel had been secured by the Mumbai Police and security forces. On 29 November, 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.

Pakistan condemned the attacks. Ajmal Kasab, the sole surviving attacker, disclosed that the attackers were members of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, among others. The Government of India stated that the attackers came from Pakistan, and their controllers were in Pakistan. Pakistan later confirmed that the sole surviving perpetrator of the attacks was a Pakistani citizen. On 9 April 2015, the foremost ringleader of the attacks, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, was released on bail and disappeared. In 2018, former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif suggested that the Pakistani government played a role in the 2008 Mumbai attack.