On the tenth anniversary of the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai, the United States on Monday offered a reward of $5 million (Rs.35 crore) for information leading to the arrest or conviction of any individual who was involved in planning or facilitating the assault. “It is an affront to the families of the victims that, after ten years, those who planned the Mumbai attack have still not been convicted for their involvement,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement.
“We call upon all countries, particularly Pakistan, to uphold their UN Security Council obligations to implement sanctions against the terrorists responsible for this atrocity, including Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and its affiliates.” The United States, Pompeo said, is committed to seeing that those responsible for the attack face justice.
A total of 166 people, including the six American nationals, were killed after 10 Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists unleashed a wave of violence in Mumbai in 2008 targeting locations like train terminus Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, the Oberoi Hotel and other locations. Nine of the attackers were killed by security forces, while Ajmal Kasab – the lone terrorist to be captured alive by the Mumbai police – was hanged after he was handed the death sentence by a court.