12 April 2015

Pakistani Court Frees Man Accused of Plotting 2008 Mumbai Terrorist Attack That Killed 166

April 10, 2015

Pakistan Court Frees on Bail Accused Mastermind of Mumbai Attack-Lawyer

ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani court freed on bail on Friday a man accused of plotting a 2008 militant assault on India’s financial capital that killed 166 people and seriously strained ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours, his lawyer said.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had condemned the prospect of bail for Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, which comes months after India and Pakistan were engaged in their worst cross-border violence in more than a decade in the disputed Kashmir region.

“Lakhvi has been released and he is out of the jail now,” his lawyer, Malik Nasir Abbas, told Reuters on Friday. “I don’t know where he will go now.”

A security official also confirmed his release.

India’s Ministry for External Affairs said before the release that its concern about Lakhvi had been made clear to Pakistan.

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