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Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab (Urdu: اجمل قصاب; 13 July 1987 – 21 November 2012) [2] was a Pakistani [3] [4] terrorist and a member of the Islamist terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba through which he took part in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks in Maharashtra, India.
The 2008 Mumbai attacks [14] (also referred to as 26/11 attacks) [15] [a] were a series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based Islamist militant organisation, carried out 12 shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days across Mumbai.
12 to 15 bodies recovered from the Taj by naval commandos. 28 Nov: 19:30: Fresh explosions and gunshots at Taj Hotel. 28 Nov: 20:30: Report that one terrorist remains at the Taj. 29 Nov: 03:40 – 04:10: Reports of five explosions at the Taj. 29 Nov: 04:20: The Taj Mahal Hotel is reported to be completely under government control. [15] 29 Nov ...
David Coleman Headley (born Daood Sayed Gilani; June 30, 1960) is an American terrorist.He is known for assisting the Pakistan-based Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba in planning the 2008 Mumbai attacks; providing multiple surveillance and terrorist reconnaissance missions throughout central Mumbai.
Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based terrorist group, planned and executed the Mumbai attacks. [1] [38] The attacks were directed by handlers inside Pakistan, and carried out by ten well-trained Pakistani attackers who travelled to Mumbai by sea from Karachi [2] via a hijacked trawler. [39]
One of the buildings where hostages were held was the iconic 100-year-old Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, AC(P) was the team commander of 51 Special Action Group (51 SAG) deployed at the Taj hotel to rescue the hostages. He entered the hotel with a group of 10 commandos and reached the sixth floor through the staircase.
Security forces handed back control of the Taj Mahal Hotel to the Taj group on 1 December 2008, and work on its repairs began that same day. [2] Celebrated artist M.F. Hussain, whose art was destroyed in the attacks, has agreed to replace the paintings with a series that will condemn the attack. Hussain plans this series as a tribute to the ...
Charar-e-Sharief mosque attack Charari Sharief: 4 60 20 22 December 2000 2000 terrorist attack on Red Fort [11] Delhi: 3 14 Verdict given 21 1 October 2001 2001 Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly car bombing: Jammu and Kashmir: 38 22 13 December 2001 2001 Indian Parliament attack in New Delhi Delhi: 7 18 Verdict given 23 22 January 2002