Pakistan admits link to India attacks
Part of the planning for the attack was carried out in Spain and Italy.

Pakistan admitted today that part of the planning for the terrorist attacks in Mumbai was carried out on its soil and that most of the attackers were Pakistanis.

Rehman Malik, the Interior Minister, said that at least eight people, including the mastermind of the raid, had been arrested and would be tried under Pakistani anti-terror laws.

“Some part of the conspiracy has taken place in Pakistan and most of the planners are in our custody,” Mr Malik said. Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged organiser of the attack, and Zarar Shah, another key planner, were among those detained.

Mr Rehman added that investigators had traced to Pakistan a boat engine used by the attackers and found two hideouts of the suspects in Pakistan. Three boats allegedly used by the terrorists had also been seized.

Pakistani investigators have been poring over an Indian dossier about the attacks in November last year which killed 165 people and escalated tension between the two countries.
Delhi says that all 10 gunmen – only one of whom was captured alive – were Pakistanis and that their handlers in Pakistan had kept in touch with them by phone during the three-day assault.
Part of the planning for the attack was carried out in Spain and Italy, Mr Malik added.