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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.