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| LONE PAKISTANI MAN CAPTURED FOUND GUILTY |
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MUMBAI—Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone Pakistani man captured during the three-day terrorist attack that brought Mumbai to its knees in 2008, was found guilty by a special court Monday of all charges, including murder and waging war against India.
Accused gunman Mohammed Ajmal Kasab walks through Chatrapathi Sivaji Terminal station on the day of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.
The judge acquitted two others accused in the case, Indian nationals Faheem Ahmed Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed. Prosecutors failed to prove that the two had gathered information on key targets for the group that attacked Mumbai on Nov. 26, 2008.
Mr. Kasab faces the possibility of the death penalty at his sentencing, scheduled for later this week.
Mr. Kasab stood accused of being one of 10 men trained in Pakistan who traveled to Mumbai by sea, armed with AK-47 rifles, and proceeded to kill 166 people at two luxury hotels, a hospital, a Jewish center and the city's main train station. The drama of the terrorists holding hostages at the city's top two luxury hotels for three days played on televisions around the world.
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The nearly yearlong trial of Mr. Kasab has played like a Bollywood drama. Mr. Kasab initially pleaded not guilty in court, then suddenly confessed, and subsequently retracted his incriminating statements, saying he had been framed and tortured. His trial was held in a special bomb-proof courtroom built into the city's Arthur Road jail.
Special Judge M. L. Tahiliyani found Mr. Kasab guilty of all of the 86 charges levied against him, including criminal conspiracy and waging war against India.
"I am satisfied with the verdict for Kasab, but I am sad that the two accused Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin have been let off." public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told reporters outside the courtroom.
He said he would recommend to the government that the not-guilty verdict of the two Indian nationals be challenged.
The terrorist attack heightened tensions between India and Pakistan, which have fought several wars since they gained independence from Britain in 1947. A Pakistani court has indicted seven members of the Islamic militant group, Lakshar-e-Taiba, with participating in the planning of the terrorist attack.
Pakistani investigators say they have found substantial evidence of how Lashkar trained the 10 Mumbai attackers in various parts of Pakistan, financed the operation and set up communications to stay in contact with the men during the attack.
"The judgment itself is a message to Pakistan that they should not export terrorism to India," India's Home Minister P. Chidambaram told reporters after the verdict. He said the judgment—including the fact that two of the accused were acquitted—"shows the independence, fearlessness and integrity of the Indian judicial system."
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