Contemporary · South Asia · War

2008

Mumbai attacks

November 26, 2008

Ten Lashkar-e-Taiba gunmen arrived by inflatable boat from Karachi and spent three days murdering their way through luxury hotels, a Jewish center, and the city's main railway station, using automatic weapons and grenades. One hundred sixty-six died. The Taj Mahal hotel burned on live television and India and Pakistan once again came close to war.

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Before and after in South Asia

Before: December 27, 2007: Benazir Bhutto assassinated
After: July 1, 2010: Pakistan's monsoon megaflood

Before and after in War

Before: December 30, 2006: Saddam Hussein hanged
After: March 15, 2011: Syria's civil war begins

Era

Contemporary (2001–2026), one of 196 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: 2008 Mumbai attacks