Pakistan Admits Mumbai Gunman Is Citizen

The Pakistani government finally admitted today that the lone surviving gunman from November’s Mumbai attacks is its citizen, the BBC reports. It’s the first time India’s rival conceded a connection to the terrorist siege, despite weeks of heavy US pressure to comply. The foot-dragging was partly to appease Pakistanis, who resent India’s haste to blame them, adds the Los Angeles Times.

Pakistan’s admission came after India presented its nuclear neighbor with a 100-page evidence dossier, including transcripts of intercepted calls between the militants and allegedly Pakistan-based handlers. During the three-day onslaught, higher-ups encouraged the exhausted killers to persist. “We have three foreigners, including women,” a gunman says in one call. “Kill them,” was the reply. (More India stories.)