NEW DELHI: As the country marks the anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, leaders, officials and survivors remembered the victims of one of India’s worst terror strikes. Recalling the horror of the 2008 attacks, senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar said the incident remains impossible to forget even after nearly two decades.
“No one can forget 26/11 even after seventeen years. The manner in which the attack was carried out and the way Pakistan spread terrorism was severe and horrifying, ” Javadekar said, adding that the assault was among the most ruthless terror operations India had witnessed.
He noted that hundreds of people were killed and several police officers were martyred as the attackers targeted multiple locations in the city. “The Mumbai terror attack was ruthless… Hundreds of people were killed, several police officers lost their lives, and the attack took place at multiple locations, making it very different and deeply tragic, ” he said.
Marking the anniversary, noted prosecutor and Rajya Sabha MP Ujjwal Nikam, who had led the case against Ajmal Kasab, also paid tributes.