12th anniversary of Mumbai terror attacks: Nation pays tributes to 26/11 martyrs

The nation observes the twelfth anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks today.

On the night of November 26, 2008, ten heavily armed Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists landed in Mumbai and went on a rampage. More than 160 people, including foreign nationals, were killed in the attack that lasted for four days. Ajmal Kasab, the only terrorist captured alive, was hanged four years later on November 21, 2012.

In order to observe the day, Mumbai police have organised an event to pay homage to the martyred security personnel and it will be attended by only a limited number of people in view of the pandemic. The ceremony will be held at the newly-built memorial at the police headquarters in South Mumbai. It will be attended by the family members of the martyred police and security personnel, AIR reported.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday paid tributes to the martyrs of the Mumbai terror attacks and said it is time for the world to come together to isolate nations supporting and sponsoring terrorism. He expressed solidarity with families who were victims of the dastardly attack. “I pay my tributes to the martyrs of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. Nation will always remember their valour and sacrifice,” the Vice President Secretariat tweeted quoting Naidu.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah tweeted on Thursday, “I pay tribute to all those who lost their lives in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. I also pay tribute to the brave security personnel who faced the terrorists in these attacks.”