It is twelve years for the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, and the impact of the dreaded carnage caused by ten Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists from Pakistan can be felt to this day. The terrorists who arrived by sea resorted to open fire in the city killing 173 people, which included 18 security personnel. India’s financial capital was held hostage for nearly 60 hours by the Pak terrorists from the dreadful night of 26th November 2008 (Wednesday) till 29th November 2008 (Saturday). In the ensuing gunfire Mumbai ATS chief Hemant Karkare, Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan of the National Security Guards, Mumbai’s additional police commissioner Ashok Kamte and senior police inspector Vijay Salaskar were martyred. The Indian security forces neutralised nine terrorists, except Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab who was nabbed alive. Kasab who was held guilty of 80 offences was hanged to death on November 21st 2012 at 7:30 AM.
The attacks occurred at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai Chabad House, Oberoi Trident, Taj Palace & Tower, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital, Nariman House, Metro Cinema, St Xavier’s College, and in a lane behind the Times of India building in South Mumbai.
A ceremony to commemorate the sacrifices of those who were martyred will be held at the South Mumbai Police Headquarters on Thursday. Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, DGP Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh among others will pay homage to the martyrs.
The whole world community had condemned the barbaric terror attacks in Mumbai which was led by an extremist Islamist organisation based in Pakistan.
