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February 25, 2009

India Files Charges in Mumbai Attack
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Pakistani national Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, 37 other suspects named in
charge sheet that includes several thousand pages 
Indian police have charged the lone surviving gunman in the Mumbai
terror attacks of "waging war" against India. Gunman identified as
Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, walks at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway
station in Mumbai, India (File)Authorities filed formal charges
Wednesday against Pakistani national Mohammed Ajmal Kasab. In a charge
sheet that includes more than 10,000 pages, police also accused 37 other
suspects of planning and abetting the November attacks. Mumbai's police
commissioner Rakesh Maria says the suspects include 35 Pakistani and two
Indian nationals. Police say all the Pakistani suspects are members of
Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based Islamic terror group that India claims
masterminded the attacks. The terror assaults were carried out over a
three-day period, killing more than 170 people. The attacks have raised
tensions between India and neighboring Pakistan, both nuclear-armed
countries that have fought three wars. India has accused Pakistan of not
doing enough to bring those responsible for the attacks to justice.
Pakistan has admitted that the Mumbai attacks were partly planned in
Pakistan. But Pakistan denies India's charge that elements in Pakistan's
intelligence services may have been involved. Pakistan has urged India
to expose those on its own soil involved in the Mumbai attacks. The
trial in the Mumbai attacks is expected to begin in the coming weeks and
last three to six months.

 


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