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India marks the tenth anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks today that left 166 people dead and more than 300 people injured.
Ten years back, 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists sailed into Mumbai from Karachi and carried out coordinated attacks that lasted three days.
The terrorists carried out bomb explosions and holding innocents hostage as a fightback by security forces carried on for the next 60 hours. Taj Mahal Palace hotel, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station, Leopold Cafe were targeted in the attack that made headlines across the world.
The attacks masterminded by Hafiz Saeed and carried out by his terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba and their Pakistan-based backers did not win in breaking the spirit of Mumbai and the people of India. The country, in fact, emerged stronger and took several policy decisions that would go on to beef up its anti-terrorism framework.
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According to a report, the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel will hold a private service to remember the 31 people who died there.
A tribute to the martyrs of #2611Attack https://t.co/IUevX5d0Lo
— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) November 26, 2018
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Governor C Vidyasagar Rao and other cabinet ministers paid tribute at the Martyrs' Memorial, Police Gymkhana, on the 10th anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a statement said: "We call upon all countries, particularly Pakistan, to uphold their UN Security Council obligations to implement sanctions against the terrorists responsible for this atrocity, including Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and its affiliates."
The Department Of State also offered $5 million rewards for information leading to "arrest or conviction in any country of any individual who committed, conspired to commit, or aided or abetted the execution of the attack."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweet:
Tributes to those who lost their lives in the gruesome 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 26, 2018
Our solidarity with the bereaved families.
A grateful nation bows to our brave police and security forces who valiantly fought the terrorists during the Mumbai attacks.
-Sowmya Sangam
