Key Suspect in 2008 Mumbai Attacks Granted Bail in Pakistan

By artappraiser on Fri, 12/19/2014 - 4:40am |

By Salman Masood & Declan Walsh, New York Times, Dec. 18, 2014

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A Pakistani court on Thursday granted bail to a militant commander accused of orchestrating the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, drawing loud protests from India.

The suspect, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, is a senior commander with Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group behind the blitz of attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai that left 166 people dead and gravely worsened the relationship between Pakistan and India. He has been on trial since 2009.

The slow pace of the trial, which is closed to the news media, has been a continuing source of contention with India, which accuses the Pakistani authorities of tacitly supporting Lashkar-e-Taiban [...]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/19/world/asia/pakistan-grants-bail-to-key-suspect-in-2008-mumbai-attacks.html