The Mumbai attacks

Witness History

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🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

On 26 November 2008, 10 gunmen from the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba carried out coordinated attacks on Mumbai's busiest hotspots including the Taj and Oberoi hotels, a train station, hospital, and Jewish community centre. One hundred and sixty-six people were murdered in the attacks, which lasted for three days. The city was locked down as police searched for the gunmen. Only one, Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, was captured alive by police. He was sentenced to death and executed in 2012. Dan Hardoon speaks to Devika Rotawan and Arun Jadhav, who came face to face with the militants. (Photo: Buildings under attack. Credit:Getty Images)

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0:27.8	Listen to all episodes on BBC Sales. Hello and welcome to the Witness History podcast with me Dan Hardoon.
0:39.6	Today I'm taking you back 15 years to one of the most terrifying moments in Mumbai's history.
0:47.2	On the 26th of November 2008, the Indian metropolis came under attack as 10 attackers from the Pakistan-based
0:54.7	militant group Lushkara Taiba targeted prominent locations killing 166 people
1:00.5	and injuring hundreds more.
1:08.0	Explosions from inside Mumbai's Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Tonight Mumbai's five-star Oberoi Hotel on fire.
1:12.0	The city's main railway station, a hospital.
1:15.0	Another target was Leopold's restaurant, a well-known Western-style cafe bar.
1:20.0	I've been speaking to two survivors of the attacks who came face to face with the gunman.
1:27.0	Every second of that night feels like an hour to me.
1:30.0	I remember it so well.
1:32.0	I thought this constant firing is now going to hit my chest or my head at some point.
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