A court in Mumbai has found Mohammad Ajmal Kasab (pictured), the sole surviving gunman of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, guilty of 86 charges, including murder and “waging war against India,” a charge punishable by death. Sentencing is expected Tuesday.
A special court in the Indian commercial capital is expected to deliver a verdict on Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the alleged sole surviving gunman of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and two other men accused of helping the ten gunmen plan the attacks.
A court has sentenced three Indians to death for a series of blasts that killed at least 54 people in Mumbai in 2003. The defendants were found guilty of conspiring with a Pakistan-based militant group to carry out the terrorist attacks.
An Indian soldier and five Kashmiri militants were killed in a gun battle before a local rally in Southern Kashmir. Indian authorities claim that Iqbal Malik, senior commander of militant faction Lashkar-e-Taiba, is dead.
Imam Umair Ahmed Ilyasi, head of an organisation representing imams across India, tells FRANCE 24 how leaders of India’s Muslim community contributed towards averting an anti-Muslim backlash after the recent Mumbai attacks.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown offered Pakistan and India aid in fighting Islamic extremism during a visit to the sub-continent aimed at easing bilateral tensions after a series of attacks in Mumbai that India blames on Pakistani militants.
In this edition: Thailand's farmers on the country's political impasse; the financial crisis hits Macau's casinos; and we meet members of Islamist charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa, believed to be a front for militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, in Pakistan.
There is no "business as usual" in the wake of the attacks, said Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram as he announced security reforms. Meanwhile the only surviving suspect in the recent attacks has been remanded in custody.
Pakistani forces arrested at least 15 members of an Islamic charity linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba, the militant group India suspects was behind the Mumbai attacks, including a senior leader.
US intelligence officials have suggested the assault on Mumbai was the work of a Pakistan-based militant group called Lashkar-e-Taiba. FRANCE 24's Matthieu Mabin travelled to Lahore, Pakistan, to find out more about this group.
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