Photograph of Ajmal Kasab, one of the ten terrorists involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks at the Victoria Terminus station.
On May 6, 2010, Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, has been sentenced to death for his role in the bloody siege.
Secrets of the Dead: Mumbai Massacre retraces the harrowing hours of the attacks told completely from the perspectives of the survivors. Watch the documentary here to learn more about the original attacks on that fateful day.
The New York Times reports:
A judge ruled that the crimes of Ajmal Kasab, the convicted Pakistani man who was one of 10 attackers, were so reprehensible that “the court has no option except going with the death penalty.”
Mr. Kasab, 22, who looked ill and spent most of the hearing with his head lowered and his right hand covering his face, cried a little but did not say anything after the sentence was read. When asked if he would like to say anything before the sentence was read, Mr. Kasab shook his head and flicked his hand downward.
The terrorists, who arrived in Mumbai by boat on Nov. 26, 2008, spent three days attacking a train station, two hotels, a Jewish center and a popular bar. Mr. Kasab and one accomplice were responsible for about 60 deaths, most of them at the city’s busiest train station, where pictures and video showed him shooting indiscriminately at passengers in a waiting area.
The judge, M. L. Tahaliyani, gave Mr. Kasab death sentences for four crimes and about two dozen lesser sentences ranging from life imprisonment to a month in jail.
Read the full article on the New York Times Web site.
omg. wat a bad person
I don’t believe there are bad people in the world. I feel bad that he was sentenced to death for his crimes, I mean after all; his death does not justify the tragic and horrible deaths of his victims. I wonder what drove him to this point. Why did he think this to be acceptable. I imagine the world beat down on on him so much, that it killed apart of his soul. He probably felt his only outlet was to kill other people.
Tahtyana: There is something very wrong with you if you feel sympathy for that person. Political correctness and compassion have no place for terrorists. We all have problems in life, but does that justify hurting other people? There are many bad people in this world, filled with hatred. The sooner you understand that, the better.
What is sad is that these young men from Pakistan are so ignorant, poor, and without hope in this life they are blind to the reality behind their actions. The people in power that are behind these and other terrorist’s acts use a very similar type of young person time and again. To be considered as useful they must all be ignorant, poor, easily brainwashed, and most importantly, expendable. There are no noble or righteous reason for the murder of innocent victims. They will attempt to disguise their true intentions behind religious rhetoric which, all to often, is accepted without questions.