Word News India Supreme Court upholds death sentence for Mumbai attacker

by **Mixed** Sat Oct 20, 2012 1:01 am

NEW DELHI
(Reuters) - India's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence
for Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the lone survivor of a group of militants who
attacked the country's financial capital, Mumbai, in 2008 killing 166
people.
"The Supreme Court has today dismissed the
appeal of Mohammad Kasab," Gopal Subramaniam, a lawyer for the
prosecution, told reporters after the verdict.

Kasab, a Pakistani national who said he
belonged to the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, was found guilty on more
than 80 charges in May 2010, including murder and waging war on India,
and was sentenced to death by hanging.

He was filmed walking through Mumbai's main
train station carrying an AK-47 and a knapsack on his back during an
attack in which nearly 60 people were gunned down.

It was part of a series of coordinated strikes on key landmarks in the city, including luxury hotels and a Jewish centre.

The three-day rampage led to an increase in
tension between India and its nuclear-armed neighbor Pakistan, causing a
temporary suspension of peace talks.