īefore his execution in 2012, Ajmal Kasab, the sole surviving attacker, disclosed that the attackers were members of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, and were controlled from Pakistan, corroborating initial claims from the Indian Government. On 29 November, India's National Security Guards (NSG) conducted Operation Black Tornado to flush out the remaining attackers it culminated in the death of the last remaining attackers at the Taj Hotel and ended the attacks. By the early morning of 28 November, all sites except for the Taj Hotel had been secured by the Mumbai Police and security forces. There was also an explosion at Mazagaon, in Mumbai's port area, and in a taxi at Vile Parle. Įight of the attacks occurred in South Mumbai: at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, the Oberoi Trident, the Taj Palace & Tower, the Leopold Cafe, the Cama Hospital, the Nariman House, the Metro Cinema, and in a lane behind the Times of India building and St. A total of 175 people died, including nine attackers, and more than 300 were wounded. The attacks, which drew widespread global condemnation, began on Wednesday 26 November and lasted until Saturday 29 November 2008. The 2008 Mumbai attacks (also referred to as 26 November attacks or 26/11) were a series of terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamist terrorist organisation from Pakistan, carried out 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days across Mumbai.
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