IS studied 26/11 Mumbai attacks to hit Paris: UN
Islamic State militants had 'studied' the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and similar 'active shooter scenarios' to carry out Paris attacks, said a UN report. Member-States explained that was a deliberate tactic in order to make it more difficult to mount coordinated responses to the continuing threats, it added. In Paris around 130 had died while over 160 were killed in Mumbai.