Home Minister Amit Shah, V-P Venkaiah Naidu pay tributes to 26/11 victims

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday paid tributes to all those who lost their lives in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks on the occasion of the 12th anniversary of the carnage.

On November 26, 2008, ten Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists from Pakistan arrived through sea and opened fire, killing over 170 people, including 18 security personnel, and injuring many during the 60-hour siege in Mumbai.

“I pay my tributes to the martyrs of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. Nation will always remember their valour and sacrifice. My solidarity with the families who were victims of this dastardly attack”, the Vice President tweeted.

“It is time for the world to come together to isolate nations supporting and sponsoring terrorism”, he added in another tweet.

The Home Minister also tweeted his message on 26/11 through Twitter.

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“I pay tributes to all those who lost their lives in Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks and convey condolences to their families. Heartfelt tributes to the brave security personnel who faced the terrorists in these attacks. The nation will always be grateful to your bravery and sacrifice,” Shah tweeted in Hindi.

The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, the Oberoi Trident, the Taj Mahal Hotel, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital and the Nariman House Jewish community centre, now renamed Nariman Light House, were some of the places targeted by the terrorists.

The then Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, Mumbai’s Additional Police Commissioner Ashok Kamte, Senior Police Inspector Vijay Salaskar and Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Tukaram Omble were among those killed in the attack.

NSG commando Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan was also killed while fighting the terrorists.

Nine terrorists were later killed by the security forces, including by the National Security Guard (NSG), the country’s elite commando force.

Ajmal Kasab was the only terrorist who was captured alive. He was hanged four years later on November 21, 2012.