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In India, '26 November 2008' is such a date that remembering it, everyone's eyes become sad, pictures of terror start floating in front of the eyes. This date scratches the old wound of the country's financial capital Mumbai. On this day, 15 years ago, Mumbai became witness to one of the world's most gruesome and brutal terrorist attacks.
10 terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba, trained in Pakistan and equipped with sophisticated weapons, had entered Mumbai by sea with the help of a boat and left traces of their terror and cruelty at many places. They targeted crowded places and prestigious buildings. This attack and the struggle to kill them lasted for four days.
More than 160 people were killed and more than 200 were injured in these terrorist attacks. On that night of 26 November 2008, everything was going normal in Mumbai. Suddenly there was an atmosphere of chaos and fear in the entire city. Initially no one had any idea that such a big terrorist attack had taken place in Mumbai. Around 10 pm, news came that there had been an explosion in a taxi in Bori Bunder, in which the driver and two passengers lost their lives.
20 minutes later, news came that a taxi was bombed in Vile Parle area, resulting in the death of the driver and a passenger. About 15 were also injured in both these attacks. After this, it came to light about the incidents of firing at many places in Mumbai, then Mumbai Police and Intelligence realized that this was a major terrorist attack. The attackers targeted Mumbai's two five-star hotels Oberoi Trident and Taj, Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Station, Nariman House Jewish Centre, Leopold Cafe and Cama Hospital.
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