The November 2008 three-day assault on Mumbai included shooting sprees that left more than 150 people dead. Gunmen linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba rampaged throughout the city's luxury hotels and cafes, putting India-Pakistan relations in a "deep freeze" as claims arose that the shooters had ties to the Pakistani military. Pakistan later acknowledged that some of the attackers were from Pakistan and .
The Monitor's New Delhi reporter says that for Indians the incident's significance is .