No one has forgotten the terrorist attack on the country’s financial capital Mumbai even today. On November 26, 2008, 10 terrorists from Pakistan targeted eight places in Mumbai. One of these was Mumbai’s Hotel Taj. But do you know who had reached there before the NSG commandos during the Mumbai attack.
Mumbai Terrorist Attack
On 26 November 2008, 10 Pakistani terrorists attacked the city of Mumbai. Kept in terror for about 59 hours. During this operation, which lasted for three days, a total of 175 people including nine attackers lost their lives. Not only this, hundreds of people were injured, such a gruesome terrorist attack had never happened in the country. Even after the terrorist attack, Naval Commandos Marcos and NSG had conducted their ‘Operation Black Tornado’.
These commandos had reached Hotel Taj before NSG
In the Mumbai attack. NSG’s ‘Operation Black Tornado’ is talked about a lot. But it is true that after the attacks, people pay less attention to the bravery, bravery and valor shown by the Marcos Commandos of the Navy. Let us tell you that before NSG Commandos reached Hotel Taj, Marcos Commandos had taken charge there. In fact, from Manesar in Haryana to Mumbai, Marcos Commandos kept fighting the terrorists until NSG reached there. During this time, he had prepared a land for NSG operation. In their operation, Marcos Commandos have safely evacuated more than 300 people from both Hotel Taj and Tidrant. After the arrival of NSG, Marcos handed over the command of the operation to them.
Marcos Commandos are equipped with these weapons
Let us tell you that Marcos Commandos are very effective in unknown areas. And is known for successful operations. Its brave soldiers are equipped with AK-47, MP-5 machine guns and 9 mm pistols. Let us tell you that this was the only army group which was given special training to deal with terrorists. During that time, one contingent of Marcos commandos had gone to Hotel Taj and the other to Hotel Trident. After reaching the Taj Hotel, Marcos’ commandos got some information about the ground situation, but the information about the terrorists and the people present in the hotel was not concrete.
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