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India court convicts three in 2003 Mumbai bombing

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] A special Indian terrorism court on Monday found Ashrat Ansari, Hanif Sayed Anees, Fehmida Sayed guilty of planning and carrying out a 2003 bomb attack in Mumbai that killed 52 people. They were convicted of conspiracy, murder and attempt to murder under the country's 2002 Prevention of Terrorism Act and other laws, and are suspected of belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist group. Sentencing for the three is scheduled for August 4, and prosecutors have said they plan to seek the the death penalty. Mumbai has suffered a number of terrorist attacks allegedly linked to the LeT in recent years, leading the government to consider controversial terrorism laws and institute special courts to try suspects. Earlier this month, India announced that it would continue the trial of a man suspected in a 2008 Mumbai hotels attack that killed more than 100 people despite his earlier admission of guilt. Also this month, Pakistan began the trial of five other men with possible ties to the 2008 attack. In 2006, authorities charged 30 people for their connections to Mumbai train bombings that occurred that year, after a lengthy investigation and the arrest of hundreds.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on July 27, 2009 (boomark / email).