An Indian court on Monday convicted a Pakistani man of murder and waging war for his role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that left 166 people dead in the heart of India's financial capital. Two Indians accused of helping plot the attacks were acquitted.
Mohammed Ajmal Ka
sab, the lone survivor of the attack's 10 gunmen, sat impassively with his head bowed as the verdicts were read. He was convicted in one of the siege's bloodiest episodes, when he and an accomplice killed and wounded dozens of people at one of Mumbai's busiest train stations. Photos of Kasab striding through the station, an assault rifle in his hand, became iconic images of the attacks.
Mohammed Ajmal Ka
sab, the lone survivor of the attack's 10 gunmen, sat impassively with his head bowed as the verdicts were read. He was convicted in one of the siege's bloodiest episodes, when he and an accomplice killed and wounded dozens of people at one of Mumbai's busiest train stations. Photos of Kasab striding through the station, an assault rifle in his hand, became iconic images of the attacks.The siege deeply shook India, despite the country's long history of terror attacks. The violence stretched over three days and left corpses scattered through some of the city's best-known places. Millions of people stayed glued to their televisions to watch it unfold.
The attacks and the subsequent investigation also added enormous pressure to India and Pakistan's already tense relations. The two countries' formal peace process was suspended in the wake of the violence.
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