Mumbai Attacks: Playing Dead to Survive

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Police officer Arun Jadhav and six of his colleagues were on duty during the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks when their van was ambushed by two of the gunmen. The officers were on their way to a hospital targeted by the militants. The attackers seized the police vehicle, opened fire on the officers, and within minutes, Arun’s colleagues were dead. Arun tells Outlook how he survived the attack by hiding under his colleague’s bodies and playing dead. (Photo credit: HindustanTimes )