- Title: Pakistani militant accused of Mumbai attacks faces terror financing charges
- Date: 11th December 2019
- Summary: LAHORE, PAKISTAN (FILE - JANUARY 23, 2018) (REUTERS) FOUNDER OF LASHKAR-E-TAIBA, HAFIZ SAEED, ACCUSED OF MASTERMINDING ATTACKS ON THE INDIAN CITY OF MUMBAI IN 2008, HOLDING NEWS CONFERENCE SAEED SPEAKING LAHORE, PAKISTAN (FILE - NOVEMBER 2017) (REUTERS) ROSE-PETAL COVERED CAR CARRYING SAEED, ARRIVING AT COURT SAEED (WEARING WHITE CAP, AND SPECTACLES) GETTING OUT OF CAR SUPPORTERS SHOWERING ROSE PETALS ON SAEED AS HE WALKS INTO COURT SAEED SPEAKING AND WAVING TO CROWD CROWD SHOUTING AS SAEED WALKS AWAY ROSE-PETAL COVERED CAR DRIVING OUT OF COURT PREMISES ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (FILE - DECEMBER 2016) (REUTERS) SAEED ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE SAEED SEATED WITH MEMBERS OF HIS PARTY AND SPEAKING
- Embargoed: 25th December 2019 08:59
- Keywords: 2008 Mumbai attacks Hafiz Saeed Lashkar-e-Taiba Pakistan arrest charges militant trial
- Location: LAHORE, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
- City: LAHORE, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
- Country: Pakistan
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA001B9J5GZR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:A Pakistani court on Wednesday (December 11) indicted Islamist militant Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of deadly 2008 attacks in Mumbai, on terror financing charges, a government prosecutor and defence lawyer said.
The charges were read as Saeed was present in the court, prosecutor Abdur Rauf Watto told Reuters. Defence lawyer Imran Gill said his client pleaded not guilty.
Saeed is the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), or the Army of the Pure, a militant group blamed by the United States and India for the four-day Mumbai siege, in which 160 people were killed. The dead also included several foreigners, including U.S. citizens.
Pakistan's counter terrorism police arrested Saeed in July, days before a visit to Washington by Prime Minister Imran Khan. The indictment came ahead of a world financial watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting early next year to decide whether to blacklist Pakistan for its failure to curb terror financing.
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