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Pakistan Busts 124 Linked to Mumbai Attacks

Founder of group fingered in attacks among detained

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 15, 2009 4:10 AM CST

(Newser) – Pakistan has arrested 124 people in a crackdown on groups linked to November's Mumbai terror attacks, reports AP. India has insisted that the days-long siege of its commercial capital that killed 164 was plotted in Pakistan. But Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik said today that India needed to provide more information in order to prosecute the suspects in court.

Those arrested belong to Jamaat-ud-Dawa, an organization which the US believes is a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba—the terrorist group accused of the Mumbai attacks, reports India Today. Among the arrested is Hafiz Saeed, the founder of Lashkar and one of the prime suspects in the attacks. Five terror camps have also been dismantled as part of the crackdown, said Malik.

A gunman walks at the Chatrapathi Sivaji Terminal railway station in Mumbai, India. Pakistan has arrested 124 people in connection with the November terror attacks in the city.
A gunman walks at the Chatrapathi Sivaji Terminal railway station in Mumbai, India. Pakistan has arrested 124 people in connection with the November terror attacks in the city.   (AP Photo/Sebastian D'souza/Mumbai Mirror, File)
\National Security Guard commandos clamber down a rope to reach the top of Nariman House, a location under siege by suspected militants in Mumbai in November.
\National Security Guard commandos clamber down a rope to reach the top of Nariman House, a location under siege by suspected militants in Mumbai in November.   (AP Photo/ File)
Hafiz Saeed, chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, poses in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan has arrested Saeed, the head of a charity believed to be a front for the militant group blamed in the Mumbai attacks.
Hafiz Saeed, chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, poses in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan has arrested Saeed, the head of a charity believed to be a front for the militant group blamed in the Mumbai attacks.   (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)
Pigeons take to the sky as the Taj Hotel continues to burn during terror attacks in Mumbai in November. Pakistan has arrested 124 people in connection with the attacks.
Pigeons take to the sky as the Taj Hotel continues to burn during terror attacks in Mumbai in November. Pakistan has arrested 124 people in connection with the attacks.   (AP Photo/Gautam Singh, File)
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COMMENTS
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justme
Jan 15, 2009 7:17 PM CST
The difference between an arrest (based on suspicion) and a prosecution (based on proof). Even in Pakistan there is some rule of law.
Forderon
Jan 14, 2009 7:45 PM CST
So wait a minute. Pakistan arrests 124 of its own citizens and then still asks for proof that it was really Pakistanis? Ok that makes sense.

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