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American says he visited Mumbai 7 times before 2008 attack | American says he visited Mumbai 7 times before 2008 attack |
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NEW DELHI — A Pakistani-American who helped plan a 2008 attack on India’s financial hub Monday told a court in India that he traveled to India seven times to scout potential targets for a Pakistan-based group. | |
David Coleman Headley gave the court details of his role in planning the attack in which more than 160 people were killed. | David Coleman Headley gave the court details of his role in planning the attack in which more than 160 people were killed. |
Headley said he supplied his handlers in the Pakistan-based Islamic group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, with videos and maps of hotels, a Jewish center and the city’s main railway station that were attacked. | |
Ujwal Nikam, the public prosecutor who questioned Headley during Monday’s testimony, said Headley told the court that Lashkar-e-Taiba had made two attempts to launch attacks in India but did not succeed. The third attempt resulted in the November 2008 attack, Headley told the court. | |
Headley testified by video conference Monday from an undisclosed location in the United States where he is serving a 35-year prison term for his role in the Mumbai attack. | Headley testified by video conference Monday from an undisclosed location in the United States where he is serving a 35-year prison term for his role in the Mumbai attack. |
The Mumbai court investigating the attack gave Headley a conditional pardon in December, which allowed him to become a witness. | |
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This story has been corrected to show the spelling of the Pakistan group is Lashkar-e-Taiba. | |
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