The 2008 Mumbai attacks (often referred to as November 26 or 26/11) were more than 10 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai, India’s largest city, by terrorists[5][6] who invaded from Pakistani seawaters. [7] The attacks, which drew widespread global condemnation, began on 26 November 2008 and lasted until 29 November, killing 164 people and wounding at least 308. 2][8] Eight of the attacks occurred in South Mumbai: at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Oberoi Trident,[9] the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower,[9] Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital (a women and children’s hospital),[9] Nariman House,[10] the Metro Cinema,[11] and a lane behind the Times of India building and St. Xavier’s College. [9] There was also an explosion at Mazagaon, in Mumbai’s port area, and in a taxi at Vile Parle. [12] By the early morning of 28 November, all sites except for the Taj hotel had been secured by Mumbai Police and security forces.
An action by India’s National Security Guards (NSG) on 29 November (the action is officially named Operation Black Tornado) resulted in the death of the last remaining attackers at the Taj hotel, ending all fighting in the attacks. [13] Ajmal Kasab,[14] the only attacker who was captured alive, disclosed that the attackers were members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistan-based militant organisation, considered a terrorist organisation by India, Pakistan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the United Nations,[15] among others. [16] The Indian government said that the attackers came from Pakistan, and their controllers were in Pakistan. 17] On 7 January 2009,[18] Pakistan’s Information Minister Sherry Rehman officially accepted Ajmal Kasab’s nationality as Pakistani. [19] On 12 February 2009, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik asserted that parts of the attack had been planned in Pakistan. [20] A trial court on 6 May 2010 sentenced Ajmal Kasab to death on five counts. Mumbai attacks on 26th November 2008 was one of the India’s worst terrorist attacks which warned and threatened all the people of India. Through this attack, the terrorists had given India a message that this war will go on for years.
Attacks were a matter of concern for the Indians. Walking on the streets of Mumbai was like having a nightmare. The attacks were well planned and caused a sufficient amount of destruction which ultimately fulfilled the desires of the attackers. The lack of security and lack of resources was the root cause of such a large devastation in the trade center of India. As per the report, the attackers travelled by sea from Karachi and hijacked a ship to sail to Mumbai. Despite some security on the sea coast, terrorists were successful in coming to Mumbai.
The main cause of their entry to Mumbai was because of lack of security on the coast. People did see the terrorists entering Mumbai but as the terroristswere clever and pre-planned, they identified themselves as students but who knew that the clouds of terror were entering into Mumbai with weapons to spread fear amongst the people. The attack on Mumbai was an effort to break the friendship treaty which was about to take place. As everyone in the world knows that there were tensions going on between India and Pakistan and also, many attacks have been made in past.
After about 10 years, a friendship treaty was about to get signed, which would decide the future of both India and Pakistan. But, there are few groups who doesn’t want this friendship to happen due to the past dreadful wars and misunderstanding between India and Pakistan. But when the relationship of friendship was growing between India and Pakistan, this unfortunate happening happened and the relationship between the two countries changed very quickly. Another cause of least importance might be that, Al-Qaida and Lashkar-e-tayebaan wanted to leave their large impact on…
