Mumbai, India Under ATTACK
26th Nov 2008
26th Nov 2008 evening...another buzy day from office for many of us earning a bread in mumbai, unknown of the fact that terror is ready to strike back. Soon people will find that they have lost there near and dear ones irrespective of the fact that the ones who will suffer the concequences have nothing to do with it at all, soon they will know that mumbai is again under attack...
26th Nov 2008 Night (around 915 PM IST) First thing we got to know when were closing our days in office was that it was a gang war broke off in Mumbai CST so were asked by our PM (Project Managers) to leave early as to avoid more conciquences...but all in vein.........as we knew it later that it was a Terror Attack, initially people thought it to be more or less common as mumbai peoples are very strong when comes to face terror may be this land has that magic to bring out baghat sings every time when asked for...10 PM by the time it was clear that it was a pre planned attack on mumbai.
The November 2008 Mumbai attacks were a series of ten coordinated terrorist attacks across Mumbai, India's financial capital and its largest city. The attacks, carried out by armed men using automatic weapons and grenades, began on 26 November 2008 and ended on 29 November 2008. At least 173 people were killed and at least 308 were injured in the attacks.
Eight of the attacks occurred in South Mumbai, at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Oberoi Trident, the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital, the Orthodox Jewish-owned Nariman House, the Metro Cinema, and a lane behind the Times of India building behind St. Xavier's College.There was also an explosion at the Mazagaon docks in Mumbai's port area, and a taxi blast at Vile Parle.
By the early morning of 28 November, all sites except for the Taj Mahal Palace had been secured by Mumbai Police and security forces. An action by India's National Security Guards on 29 November resulted in the conclusion of the Taj Mahal Palace encounter, ending all fighting in the attacks.
Ajmal Amir, the only terrorist who was captured alive, disclosed that the attackers were members of Lashkar-e-Toiba, the Pakistan-based militant organization, considered a terrorist organization by India, the United States, and the United Kingdom, among others.The Indian Government said that the attackers came from Pakistan, and their controllers were in Pakistan. The attacks drew widespread condemnation across the world.
Eight of the attacks occurred in South Mumbai, at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Oberoi Trident, the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital, the Orthodox Jewish-owned Nariman House, the Metro Cinema, and a lane behind the Times of India building behind St. Xavier's College.There was also an explosion at the Mazagaon docks in Mumbai's port area, and a taxi blast at Vile Parle.
By the early morning of 28 November, all sites except for the Taj Mahal Palace had been secured by Mumbai Police and security forces. An action by India's National Security Guards on 29 November resulted in the conclusion of the Taj Mahal Palace encounter, ending all fighting in the attacks.
Ajmal Amir, the only terrorist who was captured alive, disclosed that the attackers were members of Lashkar-e-Toiba, the Pakistan-based militant organization, considered a terrorist organization by India, the United States, and the United Kingdom, among others.The Indian Government said that the attackers came from Pakistan, and their controllers were in Pakistan. The attacks drew widespread condemnation across the world.
It was so weared that even walking on those roads can call out the hearts from the cage. Blood spread every where, People running with pain and stress but still trying to help each other when there own house was on fire. people who were not close in prefered to lock them selves in there rooms for the next few days untill every thing was in control.
