MUMBAI BOMB BLAST IN 2008

2008 MUMBAI BLAST

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November 2008 Mumbai attacks
Locations of the 2008 Mumbai attacks
Location	Mumbai, India Leopold Café Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Taj Mahal Palace Hotel Oberoi Trident Cama Hospital Nariman House
Coordinates	18.922125°N 72.832564°ECoordinates: 18.922125°N 72.832564°E
Date	26 November 2008-29 November 2008 23:00 (26/11)-08:00 (29/11) (IST,UTC+05:30)
Attack type	Bombings, shootings, hostage crisis,[1]siege
Deaths	Approximately 166 (plus 9 attackers)[2]
Non-fatal injuries	600+[2]
Victims	See casualty list for complete list
Assailants	Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi[3][4] Lashkar-e-Taiba[5][6][7]
Number of participants	10
Defenders	National Security Guards[8][9] MARCOS Mumbai Police Indian ATS Mumbai Fire Brigade
Motive	Islamic extremism[10]

In November 2008, 10 Pakistani members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, anIslamic militant organisation, carried out a series of 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days across Mumbai.^[11][12][13]The attacks, which drew widespread global condemnation, began on Wednesday, 26 November and lasted until Saturday, 29 November 2008, killing 164 people and wounding at least 308.^[2][14]

Eight of the attacks occurred in South Mumbai: at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Oberoi Trident,^[15] the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower,^[15]Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital,^[15] the Nariman House Jewish community centre,^[16] the Metro Cinema,^[17] and in a lane behind the Times of Indiabuilding and St. Xavier's College.^[15] There was also an explosion atMazagaon, in Mumbai's port area, and in a taxi at Vile Parle.^[18] By the early morning of 28 November, all sites except for the Taj hotel had been secured by Mumbai Police and security forces. On 29 November, India'sNational Security Guards (NSG) conducted 'Operation Black Tornado' to flush out the remaining attackers; it resulted in the deaths of the last remaining attackers at the Taj hotel and ending all fighting in the attacks.^[19]

Ajmal Kasab^[20] disclosed that the attackers were members of Lashkar-e-Taiba,^[21] among others.^[22] The Government of India said that the attackers came from Pakistan, and their controllers were in Pakistan.^[23]On 7 January 2009, Pakistan confirmed the sole surviving perpetrator of the attacks was a Pakistani citizen.^[24] On 9 April 2015; the foremost mastermind of the attacks Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi^[3][25] was granted bail against surety bonds of ₨200,000 (US$2,000).^[26][27]