Mumbai attacks gunman admits guilt

THE lone surviving gunman in the Mumbai attacks pleaded guilty and gave a detailed account of the plot and his role in the rampage along with 10 gunmen that left 166 people dead and paralysed the city for three days.

In a verbal statement, Ajmal Kasab described his group’s journey from Karachi, Pakistan on a boat, their subsequent landing in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, on November 26, and his assault on a railway station and a hospital with a comrade he identified as Abu Ismail.

The other gunmen, also armed with automatic rifles and grenades, attacked a Jewish centre and two five-star hotels, including the Taj Mahal. The rampage ended at the historic hotel days later after commandos killed the attackers holed up there.