India’s External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar remembered the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks on Saturday, saying “terrorism threatens humanity” and vouched for the perpetrators to 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,” MEA Jaishankar tweeted while sharing a video that showed the details of the attack in numbers.
Today marks the 14th anniversary of the Mumbai terror attack, which killed at least 174 people, including 20 security personnel and 26 foreign nationals, and injured over 300 more.
On this day 14 years ago, the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terror outfit carried out 12 coordinated shooting and bombing terror attacks throughout Mumbai over four days, dubbed 26/11.
Terrorists with automatic guns and hand grenades attacked citizens at a number of locations in Mumbai’s southern outskirts, including the Chhatrapati Shivaji train station, the famed Leopold Cafe, two hospitals, and a theatre.
In the video shared by MEA Jaishankar, some snaps from the 26/11 attacks are put up, along with a snippet from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech from the recently concluded ‘No Money for Terror’ Ministerial Conference, where he says, “we will not rest till terrorism is uprooted.”
Meanwhile, Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh also paid tribute to the victims of terror in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. He said that the country will never forget the 26/11 terror attacks.
“I salute the memory of all those who lost their lives in this incident. My heartfelt tributes to the security personnel who sacrificed their lives while fighting this attack. This country has not forgotten the incident of 26/11, nor will it ever forget,” tweeted the defence minister.
The ministers were joined by the President of India Droupadi Mumu, in paying tribute to the soldiers.
