LeT's Reign of Terror

Photos by Reuters

2012-04-17

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The body of an unidentified Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant lies covered at the main gate of the Parliament building Dec. 13th, 2001 in New Delhi. In a daylight attack, an LeT suicide squad stormed the building. Twelve people were killed before the militants were overcome by security forces. [Stringer/Reuters]

A victim of a November 2006 train blast perpetrated by LeT extremists waits for treatment with her two children inside a hospital in Jalpaiguri, about 48 km (30 miles) from the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri. Attacks on commuter trains throughout India forced stepped-up rail and border security after several bombings killed at least 182 people and wounded more than 842. [Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters]

Police officials escort Mohammad Hanif (centre) in this August 2009 file photo. Hanif was convicted of plotting two coordinated Mumbai blasts in August 2003. A special court found three people guilty of planning serial LeT blasts in India's financial hub. [Punit Paranjpe/Reuters]

Police escort suspected LeT leaders Al Amin--alias Saiful (second from right), Mufti Harun Izahar (centre) and Shahidul Islam (second from left) to a Dhaka court Nov. 6th, 2009. The three suspects from a madrassa in Chittagong, Bangladesh were arrested in connection with a terror plot to attack foreign embassies in Islamabad. [Andrew Biraj/Reuters]

Indian officials examine bodies of travelers killed when LeT extremists conducted a chilling terror attack at Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Victoria Terminus) railway station in Mumbai, Nov. 26th, 2008. Gunmen attacked hotels, hospitals, a cafe and the railway station where they took and executed hostages and fought room-to-room battles with elite commandos. More than 166 people were killed and more than 315 were wounded in the attack. [Reuters]

A member of an Indian anti-terrorist squad runs in front of the burning Taj Mahal hotel during the Nov. 29th, 2008 Mumbai gun battle with LeT militants. By the time security forces subdued the terrorists, more than 160 people had been killed in coordinated attacks throughout the city. An American accomplice, Daniel Headley, was later convicted of assisting the terrorists by conducting site reconnaissance for the LeT terrorists. They landed undetected by sea and took nearby taxis to their targets. [Arko Datta/Reuters]

Pakistani security officials seal the office of Jamaat-ud-Dawa in Karachi Dec. 11th, 2008. Pakistan put the Islamist charity under surveillance, as it is regarded as a front for the LeT militant group blamed for the Mumbai terror attacks. [Athar Hussain/Reuters]

At a March 29th, 2009 news conference, Indian soldiers display food, ammunition and other items seized from LeT militants during a gun battle in Baji Mahal forest in Rajouri district, northwest of Jammu. Two militants were killed. [Mukesh Gupta/Reuters]

Afghan soldiers line up in front of their commander July 20th, 2011 during a ceremony to take over control of security in the town of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. The LeT presence near the capital of Helmand province makes it the most contentious of the seven areas handed over to Afghan forces. [Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters]

Men transport a wounded man to hospital after a Feb. 29th suicide car bomb attack in Helmand province. Six people were wounded when a suspected LeT suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of foreign troops in Lashkar Gah. [Abdul Malik/Reuters]

A police officer and a private security guard stand outside the residence of Hafiz Saeed, LeT founder and head of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, in Lahore April 3rd. The United States announced a $10 million reward for the capture of Saeed, suspected of planning brazen terror attacks in 2008 on Mumbai and on Parliament in New Delhi in 2001. [Mohsin Raza/Reuters]

Reader Comments

  • morshed November 11, 2012 @ 08:11:24AM

    mix

  • jang thapa June 17, 2012 @ 02:06:17AM

    oh my goodness!!!!...

  • pranav dixit June 8, 2012 @ 02:06:50AM

    its very sad news

  • mukesh June 7, 2012 @ 01:06:45AM

    it is very sirious

  • zameer patel June 6, 2012 @ 12:06:06PM

    oh god......is it fact........!!!!!!!

  • eshan June 3, 2012 @ 08:06:32AM

    this is too much

  • neeraj May 30, 2012 @ 02:05:01AM

    oh my god its so discusting

  • md.saddam hossen prodhan May 29, 2012 @ 12:05:55AM

    Oh Allah, please provide all of them the right guidance..... and keep everyone of us from the hands of the evil.......... (ameen)

  • priya rouniyar May 26, 2012 @ 04:05:50AM

    what 2say abt it .i was just scared

  • jeevan shripal May 26, 2012 @ 12:05:30AM

    that's was most dangerous event of many people life.it is terrified and sad event &news.

  • vkvaid May 21, 2012 @ 12:05:11PM

    this act is full of coverdness

  • Arzoo Sahdev May 20, 2012 @ 06:05:41AM

    i was really shocked when i have seen this.

  • shailendra gachhadar May 16, 2012 @ 02:05:55AM

    Oh no it's verry bad news.

  • ronju.nu.kushtia May 14, 2012 @ 02:05:39AM

    very sad news 4 us

  • sandeep humagain May 12, 2012 @ 04:05:39AM

    it is very sad news

  • Md. Sajjad Hossain May 10, 2012 @ 03:05:48AM

    This is very pathetic.......

  • taifur May 8, 2012 @ 06:05:28AM

    its too bad..........................how can they did it...............

  • saiful alam May 5, 2012 @ 09:05:30AM

    it is very heartbreak

  • iman May 5, 2012 @ 03:05:43AM

    Oooohhh my god........!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it...!!!!!!!!

  • shailedra May 1, 2012 @ 04:05:36AM

    verry sad

  • salahuddin April 29, 2012 @ 04:04:52PM

    its not acceptable at all.i really shocked.

  • Refai Nawfar April 29, 2012 @ 11:04:31AM

    Innocent Lives are lost,very sad to see. Refai Nawfar

  • md mamun April 28, 2012 @ 04:04:06PM

    its vry pthetic..

  • omar faruq April 26, 2012 @ 10:04:18PM

    this is very bad.

  • mer sabber April 24, 2012 @ 09:04:39AM

    its very sorrow,,,,,,

  • ibrahim khalil April 24, 2012 @ 01:04:20AM

    it verry sad news.

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