The deat toll from 26/11 Mumbai attacks has been reduced to 163 by the Indian govt. A “lack of coordination” in the response of security forces to the assault has been acknowledged as the reason behind faulty figure.As announced yesterday by Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram, the disaster management unit of the city had put the toll figure at 195 and no further explanation was given for the revisionIn a statement released by India’s Press Information Bureau, Chidambaram had said that the assault should “trigger a change in our mindset” in the same way the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon “changed the attitude of Americans.
Reportedly, the metropolitan city Mumbai was terror struck by atleast 10 terrorists who arrived in the city by speed boats, armed with automatic rifles, grenades and explosives.
Their targets were city’s main railway station, two five-star hotel complexes, a Jewish center and a hospital. The terrorists withstood against the siege by security forces for almost three days.
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