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Indian diaspora members in Belgium marks 14th anniversary of Mumbai attacks

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 28 Nov 2022, 10:01 am

Brussels: Indian diaspora members, who are based in Belgium, recently organized an event at Schuman roundabout in front of the European Commission in Brussels to commemorate the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, media reports said on Monday.

The event was held in the city on Saturday under the banner of ‘Solidarity Against Terrorism’.

Despite the bad weather, members of the Indian diaspora from the Sikh, Muslim, Bengali, and Hindu faiths enthusiastically took part in the event, reports ANI.

They apprised the International organisations that this event is a symbol that Indian Communities are peace-loving people and would always oppose terrorism and injustice irrespective of wherever they live. Indian flags and various posters commemorating the 26/11 terrorist attacks in Mumbai were carried by participants, the Indian news agency reported.

The 2008 Mumbai attacks also referred to as 26/11 were a series of terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamic terrorist organisation based in Pakistan, carried out 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days across Mumbai. 

The attacks, which drew widespread global condemnation, began on Wednesday 26 November and lasted until November 29, 2008. At least 174 people died, including 9 attackers, and more than 300 were wounded. 

Eight of the attacks occurred in South Mumbai at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai Chabad House, The Oberoi Trident, The Taj Palace & Tower, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital, The Nariman House, the Metro Cinema, and in a lane behind the Times of India building and St. Xavier's College. 

There was also an explosion at Mazagaon, in Mumbai's port area, and a taxi at Vile Parle. 

By the early morning of 28 November 28, all sites except for the Taj Hotel had been secured by the Mumbai Police and security forces. 

On November 29, India's National Security Guards (NSG) conducted Operation Black Tornado to flush out the remaining attackers; it culminated in the death of the last remaining attackers at the Taj Hotel and ended the attacks.

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