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Right here’s a have a look at the 2008 terror assaults in Mumbai, India, which came about November 26-29, 2008.
Ten Pakistani males related to the fear group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba stormed buildings in Mumbai, killing 164 individuals. 9 of the gunmen had been killed through the assaults, one survived. Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman, was executed in November 2012.
They traveled from Karachi, Pakistan, to Mumbai by way of boat. Alongside the best way, they hijacked a fishing trawler and killed the 5 crew members.
The terrorists docked on the Mumbai waterfront close to the Gateway of India monument. They hijacked vehicles, together with a police van, and cut up into a minimum of three teams to hold out the assaults, in line with police. The attackers used computerized weapons and grenades.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station:
November 26, 2008 – Roughly 58 persons are killed throughout a 90-minute assault.
Because the gunmen depart the practice station, they fireplace right into a crowd gathered round a police barricade. Ten further persons are killed exterior the station.
Cafe Leopold:
November 26, 2008 – Roughly 10 persons are killed in an assault which lasts 10-Quarter-hour.
Cama and Albless Hospital:
November 26, 2008 – Exterior the hospital, gunmen ambush a gaggle of cops and kill six of them.
Nariman Home:
November 26-28, 2008 – Seven persons are killed in a three-day siege at a Jewish neighborhood middle.
Oberoi-Trident Lodge:
November 26-28, 2008 – Roughly 30 persons are killed in a three-day siege.
Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Lodge:
November 26-29, 2008 – Roughly 31 persons are killed within the four-day siege.
February 25, 2009 – Kasab, the lone surviving gunman, is formally charged.
October 3, 2009 – US citizen David Coleman Headley (aka Daood Gilani) is arrested in Chicago. He’s accused of scouting out areas to focus on within the Mumbai assault.
October 18, 2009 – Canadian citizen Tahawwur Hussain Rana is arrested in Chicago. He’s accused of facilitating the 2008 assaults by serving to Headley acquire a faux visa to journey to Pakistan.
November 25, 2009 – Seven males are charged in Pakistan in reference to the assaults, together with the alleged mastermind, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi.
March 18, 2010 – Headley pleads responsible. On January 24, 2013, he’s sentenced to 35 years in jail. On December 10, 2020, he receives a pardon by a Mumbai court docket, in change for detailed testimony concerning Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and the assaults.
Might 3, 2010 – Kasab is convicted of homicide, conspiracy and waging battle on India. On November 21, 2012, he’s executed.
June 9, 2011 – Rana is discovered not responsible of conspiracy to offer materials help to the Mumbai attackers. He’s discovered responsible of two different expenses, together with offering materials help to Lashkar-e-Tayyiba.
March 13, 2015 – The Islamabad Excessive Court docket in Pakistan orders the discharge of Lakhvi, calling his detention unlawful. He’s launched on bail on April 10.
January 29, 2017 – Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, the chief of a gaggle related to Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, is positioned underneath home arrest in Pakistan for his suspected position within the Mumbai assaults. On November 24, 2017, the Lahore Excessive Court docket frees Saeed from home arrest citing a scarcity of proof.
July 17, 2019 – Saeed is arrested by Pakistan’s Counter Terrorism Division on terror financing expenses unrelated to the Mumbai assaults. On February 12, 2020, he’s convicted of terror financing expenses and sentenced to 2 jail phrases of 5 and half years, to run concurrently.
January 2, 2021 – Lakhvi is arrested in Pakistan on expenses associated to financing terrorists assaults by Lashkar-e-Taiba, to not a particular occasion. Six days later he’s sentenced to 3 concurrent five-year sentences.
