Claim
After that came the 2008 Ahmedabad blasts and then the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in which 166 people were massacred.
“इसके बाद 2008 में अहमदाबाद में धमाका हुआ और फिर 2611 मुंबई आतंकी हमले हुए जिनमें 166 लोगों का नरसंहार हुआ।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
Both facts check out. The Ahmedabad serial blasts occurred on 26 July 2008 (56 killed), followed chronologically by the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in November 2008. The widely accepted official death toll of the Mumbai attacks is 166 victims (175 total including the 9 terrorists), matching the anchor's figure exactly. The stated sequence — Ahmedabad blasts, then 26/11 — is also correct.
Evidence
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Ahmedabad_bombings Serial blasts hit Ahmedabad on 26 July 2008, killing 56 people — confirming the Ahmedabad blasts occurred in 2008, before the November Mumbai attacks. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Mumbai_attacks The 26/11 Mumbai attacks (26–29 November 2008) killed 175 people including 9 attackers, i.e., 166 victims — the figure cited in the claim. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22673262/ Peer-reviewed mortality study of the 26/11 attacks records 166 victim deaths, corroborating the death toll. ✓ reachable · archived