Police in the Indian city of Mumbai have charged the only surviving gunman of the November 2008 terror attacks with murder and waging war against India, saying he and nine dead accomplices had been aided by 37 accomplices. Investigators filed more than 11,000 pages of evidence with a criminal court in Mumbai, charging Mohammed Ajmal Kasab with 12 crimes, at least two of which carry the death penalty. All but two of those involved in the attacks had been Pakistani nationals, a police commissioner in Mumbai told reporters. The attacks were "part of a larger criminal conspiracy planned in Pakistan for attacking the commercial capital of India with intent to wage war, to weaken India economically and to create terror and dread," the charge sheet said.
According to police, the document includes testimony from more than 2,200 witnesses and experts, as well as confessions from Mr. Kasab and transcripts of the conversations between the attackers and their handlers, who police say were managing the attacks from Pakistan.
Two Indians accused of helping the attackers, Faheem Ahmed Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed, surveyed the targeted sites before the attacks and passed on what they saw, police said. Both men were already in custody in connection with another attack when the Mumbai assaults were launched in late November. The three-day siege, which left more than 170 people dead, including the attackers, targeted luxury hotels, a train station, a Jewish center and other sites in India's business capital.
