26 Nov 2008 will always be remembered as black day for India as its one of biggest and unfortunate attacks India went through.
Brief summary of the incidents -
- As attackers Kasab and Khan head
away from the Chhatrapati Shivaji
Terminus railway station, they
encounter a police barricade with a
large crowd gathered. They fire from
their vehicle, killing approximately 10
people.
- They are intercepted by police near
Chowpatty Beach. In the ensuing
firefight, a police officer and attacker
Ismail Khan are killed. Kasab is
captured after being shot in the hand,
about 3.5 hours after the attacks
began.
Nariman House:
- The second site attacked, at
approximately 9:30 p.m. on November
26.
- Shortly before the attack on Nariman
House, run by the Jewish Chabad
Lubavitch movement, a neighboring
gas station is blown up. This draws
people at the Nariman House to the
windows, where attackers fire upon
them.
- Initially, the two attackers take
several people hostage.
November 27:
- 11:15 a.m. - Nanny Sandra Samuels
escapes from the building carrying the
two-year-old son of Rabbi Gabriel
Holtzberg.
- 11:00 p.m. - Commandos rescue
eight hostages.
November 28:
- 12:00 a.m. - Commandos rescue
seven more hostages.
- 7:00 a.m. - Commandos land on top
of the building by helicopter.
- 11:46 p.m. - Troops secure the
building and end the siege.
- Seven people are killed in the three
day siege of the building.
Leopold Caf:
- The third site attacked, between 9:30
and 9:48 p.m. on November 26.
- Four men posing as patrons enter the
bar before opening fire on the crowd.
- Approximately 10 people are killed
in the attack which lasts 10-15
minutes.
- The attackers then proceed to the Taj
Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel.
Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel:
- Attackers enter the grounds of the
hotel between 9:35 and 9:45 p.m. on
November 26.
- Militants first attack guests around
the swimming pool and then move
inside to the bars and restaurants of
the hotel.
November 27
- 3:00 a.m. - Large fires break out on
the top floors of the hotel.
November 28
- 12:00 a.m. - Authorities inaccurately
claim that only one attacker remains
alive in the hotel.
- 12:47 a.m. - A powerful explosion
rocks the hotel.
November 29
- 12:00 a.m. - Commandos secure the
hotel lobby.
- 6 a.m.-9 a.m. - The last militants
are killed and the siege ends.
- Approximately 31 people are killed
in the three-day siege.
Oberoi-Trident Hotel:
- The last site attacked, at
approximately 9:57 p.m. on November
26.
- The two attackers enter the hotel via
the restaurant and immediately begin
firing into the crowd. They later move
throughout the hotel looking for
targets.
November 27:
- 4:40 p.m. - 30 hostages are freed
- 6:00 p.m. - 14 more hostages are
freed.
- 6:45-8:00 p.m. - A series of loud
explosions are heard in the hotel as
fires break out.
November 28:
- 4:15 a.m. - Authorities prematurely
declare the siege over. Renewed
gunfire breaks out later in the
morning.
- 10:30 a.m. - Between 35-40
hostages are rescued.
- 2:40 p.m. - The siege officially
en
- Approximately 30 people are killed.
Read more at - http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/18/world/asia/mumbai-terror-attacks/
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Mumbai_attacks
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