On the sixth anniversary of the deadly 26/11 Mumbai attacks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted the need to combat terrorism. “Today is a day to reaffirm our commitment to work together to combat the menace of terror & uproot it from the face of humankind,” he tweeted.
Remembering the heroes who lost their lives in the terror attack, Modi on Wednesday saluted the brave security personnels who had laid down their lives to protect several lives on that fateful day. “They are our true heroes,” said the PM.
PM Modi who is in Nepal to attend the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit took to his micro blogging site to remember the martyrs of 26/11 attacks.
In one of the most audacious terror attacks in the country, terrorists armed with AK-47s, grenades and low intensity bombs had struck at some of Mumbai’s busiest and most opulent sites killing 101 people and injuring 187.