Mumbai Gunman Faces Death Penalty After Conviction
THE TELEGRAPH: The lone surviving gunman involved in the Mumbai attacks in which 166 people died is facing the death penalty after being convicted mass murder and waging war on India.

Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, 22, was jointly responsible for the assault on the railway station where 52 people were gunned down.

He was convicted on 86 charges of waging war against India, possessing explosives and aiding and abetting the murders of all 166 victims.

Kasab and his fellow militants from the Lashkar e Taiba (LeT) terrorist group struck at three hotels, a bar, a Jewish centre and the city's main station in an attack lasting 60 hours.

His victims included the head of Mumbai's antiterrorist police in a shoot-out as he left the railway station. Their murders wiped out the city's antiterrorist command and sabotaged its response.

India's Home Minister, P Chidambaram, welcomed the verdict and said it sent a clear message to Pakistan that "they should not export terror to India. If they do, and if the terrorists are apprehended, we will be able to give them exemplary punishment," he said. >>> Dean Nelson in New Delhi | Monday, May 03, 2010

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Mumbai Attacks: Terror Suspect to Be Injected with Truth Drug
THE TELEGRAPH: The sole surviving terrorist from last week's Mumbai attacks is to be injected with a "truth serum" to establish where he is from.

Police hope to discover whether gunman Azam Amir Kasab came from Pakistan through the use of "narcoanalysis" – a practise banned in most democracies.

The technique was used during the Cold War before it emerged that barbiturate sodium pentothal induced hallucinations, delusions and psychotic manifestations

The row over where the gunman came from has caused major dispute between India and Pakistan as the nuclear-armed neighbours dispute each other's claims. >>> By Rahul Bedi in New Delhi | December 3, 2008

TIMESONLINE: Mumbai Police to Use Truth Serum on 'Baby-faced' Terrorist Azam Amir Kasab

Indian police interrogators are preparing to administer a "truth serum" on the sole Islamic militant captured during last week's terror attacks on Mumbai to settle once and for all the question of where he is from.

The mystery of the man dubbed "the baby-faced gunman" has weighed heavily on India's relations with Pakistan as the nuclear-armed neighbours dispute each other's accounts of his origin.

Police interrogators in Mumbai told The Times that they have "verified" that Azam Amir Kasab, who was captured after a shoot-out in a Mumbai railway station on Wednesday night, is from Faridkot, a small village in Pakistan's impoverished south Punjab region. They say that the nine dead gunmen are also Pakistani. >>> Rhys Blakely, Mumbai | December 3, 2008

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Mumbai Attack: British Men 'among the Terrorists'
THE TELEGRAPH: British men were among the terrorists who killed 140 in the attacks in Mumbai, Indian authorities have claimed.

Two British-born Pakistanis were among eight gunmen seized by Indian commandos who stormed buildings to free hostages, Vilasrao Deshmukh, the chief minister of Mumbai, reportedly said.

The Foreign Office earlier said it was investigating reports on NDTV, a local television news channel, that the terrorists - who swarmed luxury hotels and other tourist sites in the city - included "British citizens of Pakistani origin". >>> By Jon Swaine | November 28, 2008

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Mumbai Atacks: British Muslims and Terrorist Attacks: A number of young British Muslims with roots in Pakistan have been responsible for terrorist attacks, both in Britain and abroad. >>> | November 28, 2008

THE TELEGRAPH: British Student Admits Trying to Join Mujahideen Terrorists

A university student from London has admitted trying to get to Afghanistan to join mujahideen terrorists fighting coalition forces.

Mohammed Abushamma, 20, from Islington, north London, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to preparing acts of terrorism between March 17 and April 18, this year.

He was remanded on conditional bail and will be sentenced on a date to be fixed.

Abushamma and co-accused Qasim Abukar, 20, from Tufnell Park, north London, were arrested at Heathrow airport in April as they arrived back in England.

They had taken a plane to Turkey but had voluntarily left after being spoken to by officials from the British and Turkish authorities in Ankara.

They are believed to have applied for visas to go to Afghanistan. >>> | November 28, 2008

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