A Pakistani official on Thursday admitted that terrorists planned in and launched from Pakistan the November attack on Mumbai, India that killed 173 people and wounded more than 300 others.
Rehman Malik, the top security official in the Interior Ministry, made the admission in a press conference in Islamabad. His admission reverses the Pakistani government's earlier denial of India's charge that Pakistani was the staging ground of the 10 gunmen who went on a shooting and bombing rampage in Mumbai.
Eight suspects in the Mumbai attack, including the alleged mastermind, 38-year-old Hamad Amin Sadiq, have been arrested and charged on Thursday, Malik said.
Pakistani investigators found one of the inflatable boats used by the Mumbai attackers and learned that it sailed from Karachi and its engine was bought from a store in the city, according to Malik.
The investigators also traced the attackers' phone and Internet calls leading to the arrest of Barcelona, Spain-based Javed Iqbal, who set up the Internet accounts.Source:http://www.gantdaily.com/news/36/ARTICLE/43690/2009-02-12.html
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