A senior Mumbai police official said the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was responsible for the terrorist attacks that left at least 174 people dead.

India’s top security official resigned today as the government struggled under growing accusations of security failures following terror attacks that killed 174 people.

The Mumbai massacre sparked fears today of a surge in violence between Pakistan and India, after India said the sole surviving gunman, now in custody, was from its nuclear-armed neighbour.