26/11 Mumbai attack: How the terror attacks unfolded 13 years ago, a pictorial recall

Today marks thirteen years of the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai as 10 members of the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) carried out 12 coordinated attacks across India's financial capital killing many and leaving several wounded. 

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The deadly terror attacks on November 26, 2008, left as many as 166 people from 15 countries dead. These attacks were conducted at the iconic Taj Mahal Palace hotel, Trident hotel, the Nariman House, the Metro Cinema, and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus among other places. The whole city was under a siege that lasted nearly 60-hours.

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Hafiz Saeed was the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Pakistan arrested Hafiz Saeed only to later release him from house arrest.

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Two days on, by November 28, 2008, the Mumbai Police and security forces secured all sites except for the Taj Hotel. Under Operation Black Tornado, National Security Guards (NSG) on November 29, 2008, flushed out the remaining attackers, putting an end to the nightmare. Nine of the ten terrorists were killed by the security forces.

The sole surviving attacker of these ghastly attacks Ajmal Kasab was later captured by the security forces. He went on to confirm that the assault was planned, coordinated and conducted by the LeT and other Pakistan-based terror modules. Kasab in his testimony said that the attackers came from Pakistan and their controllers, too, were all operating from the neighbouring country.

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