12/9/08

Photo: India flag

Source:
Jaclyn Belczyk, http://jurist.law.pitt.edu

Alleged conspirators of Mumbai attacks arrested in Pakistan
 
Pakistani police on Sunday night raided a militant camp and arrested the alleged plotters

of the Mumbai terror attacks [BBC backgrounder].

Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi [START profile], head of the Pakistani terrorist group

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) [ADL backgrounder], was arrested, along with several other individuals

believed to be responsible for the November attacks that left more than 170 dead.

Lakhvi was allegedly in communication with the attackers via telephone [Telegraph report]

throughout the attacks.

Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence is alleged to have provided intelligence

and support [Hindustan Times report] to LeT, and India remains skeptical [Time report]

of Pakistan's efforts to bring the responsible parties to justice.

The attacks in Mumbai were carried out at ten locations across the city including

the landmark Taj Mahal Palace hotel [hotel website].

In a statement [press release] to the nation a day after the attacks started,

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [official website] said the country

"will take the strongest possible measures to ensure that there is no repetition

of such terrorist acts... [and will] take whatever measures are necessary to ensure

the safety and security of our citizens." In the wake of the attacks,

Singh pushed for tougher anti-terrorism measures [JURIST report].

The attack was the worst the city has seen since a group of

bombings killed more than 250 people in 1993.


Source: Jaclyn Belczyk, http://jurist.law.pitt.edu

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