#NeverForget | Planners of 26/11 Mumbai attacks must be brought to justice: Jaishankar
"Terrorism threatens humanity. Today, on 26/11, the world joins India in remembering its victims. Those who planned and oversaw this attack must be brought to justice. We owe this to every victim of terrorism around the world," Jaishankar tweeted.
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New Delhi, Nov 26: Terrorism threatens humanity, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday, as he remembered the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. He also said those who planned and oversaw this attack must be brought to justice.
"Terrorism threatens humanity. Today, on 26/11, the world joins India in remembering its victims. Those who planned and oversaw this attack must be brought to justice. We owe this to every victim of terrorism around the world," Jaishankar tweeted.
Marking the 14th anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai attack, President Droupadi Murmu Saturday paid homage to the people who lost their lives to terrorism in 2008.
On this day in 2008, 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists (LeT) attacked a dozen locations in Mumbai — a hospital, railway station, a restaurant, a Jewish center and two luxury hotels, including Taj Mahal Palace. At least 166 people were killed and over 300 injured in the attacks.
For more than 60 hours, the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel was besieged by four heavily armed militants. It was only on November 29, 2008 that the Indian commandos announced that the Taj had been cleared of all militants.
The then Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, Army Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Mumbai’s Additional Police Commissioner Ashok Kamte and Senior Police Inspector Vijay Salaskar were among those killed in the attack. Ajmal Kasab was the only terrorist who was captured alive. He was hanged four years later on November 21, 2012.
Last month, India hosted the two-day anti-terrorism meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), under India's chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC).
After the meeting, a Delhi Declaration was issued which underlined that terrorists' opportunity to access safe havens continues to be a significant concern and that all Member States must cooperate fully in the fight against terrorism.
The Declaration also recognized that terrorism in all forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security.
