Ajmal Kasab Gets Death

Latest News An Indian court Thursday awarded death sentence to Ajmal Kasab for waging war and killing innocent people in cold blood in Mumbai attacks in 2008.

Judge M.L. Tahiliyani handed down the death penalty on four counts. Many foreigners and some of India's wealthy business elite, as well as poor train commuters, were killed by 10 gunmen in a three-day rampage through some of Mumbai's best-known landmarks, including two luxury hotels and a Jewish centre. Kasab, 22, was filmed walking through Mumbai's main train station carrying an AK-47 rifle and a knapsack on his back.

Nearly 60 people were gunned down in the crowded station. Police arrested Kasab, who was wounded, on the first night of the attacks. He initially admitted his role but later said he had been framed.He was also found guilty of offences ranging from damage to public property to entering the country without a passport.