This Article is From Nov 26, 2020

PM Modi Leads India In Paying Tribute To Those Killed In 26/11 Attack

26/11 Mumbai attack: Leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, paid tribute to security personnel who died in line of duty during the devastating terror attack on Mumbai on November 26, 2008, in which at least 166 people died.

PM Modi Leads India In Paying Tribute To Those Killed In 26/11 Attack

26/11 Mumbai attack: At least 166 people were killed in attack on Mumbai by 10 terrorists. (File)

New Delhi:

Country's leaders, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, paid tribute on Thursday to security personnel who died in line of duty during the devastating Mumbai terror attack on November 26 twelve years ago. At least 166 people were killed and many more injured as 10 terrorists went on a rampage across the city in 2008.

"Today I pay obeisance to our security forces defending India, thwarting conspiracies like the Mumbai attack, and restricting terrorist activities to increasingly smaller areas," the Prime Minister's Office tweeted.

Today's India is combating terrorism with new policies and new methods, read a second tweet by PM Modi in Hindi.

On the anniversary of the 26/11 terror attack, many national and state leaders also paid their respect to those who lost their life defending the country

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray laid a wreath of flowers at the Mumbai Police Commissionerate in the presence of Governor BS Koshyari and other state ministers.

Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh saluted the courage of the killed police personnel and conveyed their condolence to families of all those who died on the night of November 26.

"I pay tribute to all those who lost their lives in Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks and convey their condolences to their families. Grateful to the brave security personnel who faced the terrorists in this attack. This nation will always be grateful to your bravery and sacrifice," Mr Shah wrote in Hindi.

Congress leader Ashok Chavan also paid tribute to "all the heroic sons of India who sacrificed their lives to fight the terror attack on Mumbai".

Amid the outpouring of grief on the anniversary of the 26/11 terror attack, top industrialist Ratan Tata also wrote a moving note on Mumbai's spirit of kindness, unity in diversity with an illustration of the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, one of the prime targets besides the Oberoi hotel, the Leopold Cafe, the Nariman (Chabad) House, and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus train station.

In these gruesome attacks, nine terrorists were killed and the lone survivor, Ajmal Kasab, was arrested and was sentenced to death. He was executed on November 11, 2012.

Tributes poured from across the world, including the United States which said that the country stand with India in the fight against terrorism and affirmed its commitment to holding the perpetrators of the attack accountable and ensuring justice for the victims.

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