An Indian anti-terrorism investigator says Mumbai police have arrested two men involved in the triple blasts that hit India’s financial hub last July. However, the investigator said Monday the top suspect, Yasin Bhatkal, remains at large. Bhatkal is a leader in the Indian Mujahideen. Authorities say the back-to-back blasts killed 27 people and wounded more […]
India’ Supreme Court Stays Mumbai Attacker’s Death Sentence
Posted October 10th, 2011 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
India’s Supreme Court has temporarily suspended the death sentence of the lone surviving gunman in the 2008 terrorist attacks on Mumbai, pending an appeal hearing. The court on Monday stayed Mohammad Ajmal Kasab’s sentence until it hears a petition challenging his conviction. Kasab was one of 10 young Pakistanis who attacked luxury hotels, a Jewish […]
India’ Supreme Court Stays Mumbai Attacker’s Death Sentence
Posted October 10th, 2011 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
India’s Supreme Court has temporarily suspended the death sentence of the lone surviving gunman in the 2008 terrorist attacks on Mumbai, pending an appeal hearing. The high court on Monday stayed Mohammad Ajmal Kasab’s sentence until it hears a petition challenging his conviction. Kasab was one of 10 young Pakistanis who attacked luxury hotels, a […]
Mumbai Gunman Appeals Death Sentence
Posted July 29th, 2011 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
Court officials in India say the only surviving gunman from the deadly 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks has filed an appeal to the Supreme Court to have his death sentence overturned. A Mumbai court convicted Pakistani national Mohammed Ajmal Kasab last year on a number of charges, including murder, waging war against India, and terrorism, and […]
Mumbai Gunman Appeals Death Sentence
Posted July 29th, 2011 at 5:05 am (UTC-5)
Court officials in India say the only surviving gunman from the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks has filed an appeal to the Supreme Court to have his death sentence overturned. The Mumbai court convicted Pakistani national Mohammed Ajmal Kasab last year of a string of crimes, including murder, waging war against India, and terrorism, and sentenced […]
India Considers Charges Against US-Based Terror Supporter
Posted June 10th, 2011 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
India says it might bring its own charges against a Chicago-based businessman cleared by a U.S. court of helping plot the deadly 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Internal Security Secretary U.K. Bansal said Friday India was “disappointed” the U.S. jury did not find 50-year-old Tahawwur Rana guilty on the Mumbai charges. He said India may […]
Chicago Businessman Convicted of Terrorism but Not Mumbai Attacks
Posted June 10th, 2011 at 2:15 am (UTC-5)
A jury in a U.S. federal court has convicted a Chicago businessman of supporting an overseas terrorist group and helping to plot an attack on a Danish newspaper, but acquitted him of helping plot the deadly 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. The jury announced the verdicts in trial of Tahawwur Rana Thursday after two days […]
Chicago Businessman Convicted of Terrorism but Not Mumbai Attacks
Posted June 9th, 2011 at 6:40 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. jury has found a Chicago businessman guilty of terrorism, including participating in a plot to attack a Danish newspaper that published controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The jury Thursday also found Tahawwur Rana guilty of providing material support to the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba. But the jury in Chicago found Rana innocent […]
Chicago Jury to Deliberate in Mumbai Attacks
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 4:35 am (UTC-5)
A U.S. jury begins deliberations Wednesday in the trial of a Pakistani-born Canadian national charged with helping plan the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people. A jury in Chicago heard closing arguments Tuesday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Victoria Peters told jurors Tuesday it was clear that Tahawwur Rana helped confessed conspirator David Coleman Headley scout […]
Mumbai Attacls Trial Wraps Up in Chicago
Posted June 7th, 2011 at 5:50 pm (UTC-5)
A jury in Chicago heard closing arguments Tuesday in the trial of a Pakistani-born Canadian national, Tahawwur Rana, who is charged with helping plan the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people. Assistant U.S. Attorney Victoria Peters told jurors it was clear that Rana knew and helped confessed conspirator David Coleman Headley scout targets in […]
