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The terrorist attacks occurred at seven places in South Mumbai at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Oberoi Trident, the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital, the Orthodox Jewish-owned Nariman House, the Metro Cinema theatre. The shooting and bombing attacks by more than ten people, began on 26 November 2008 and lasted until 29 November, killing nearly 173 people and wounding nearly 308 people. After the 9/11 (terrorist attack on World Trade Centers in US) incident in 2001, the 26/11 (the Mumbai terror attack on 26 November 2008) is the terror attack to which the world turned its attention with serious concern as the hotels on which attacks were made had British, US, Israeli and some other nation citizens. The world leaders confirmed their support for India and showed unity in blaming the act in positive terms. The degree of terror act intimated the long-term plan of the terrorists that are associated with organizations like Al Qaeda of Pakistan. The three demands put forth by India on Pakistan are that they should handover the criminals involved in the attack to allow legal proceedings in India, it should destroy the terror networks established in Pakistan to prevent attacks on India and it must accept bilateral, multilateral and international agreements against terrorism. Though Pakistan has started the process of investigation superficially under the pressure of US, the results demonstrate the negligent approach of Islamabad in destroying terrorist organizations.