Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 14, 2006 12:20:22 GMT -5
Muslim bomber guilty of killing 17
An Indian court found Mohammed Ghansar guilty of murder Thursday for his
role in a string of bombings that blasted through the country's commercial
capital, Mumbai, 13 years ago, killing 257 people.
Ghansar, who could face the death penalty, was convicted of killing 17
people by planting a scooter rigged with explosives in a crowded
marketplace.
He has been held without bail since he was arrested shortly after the
March 12, 1993 attacks.
In the expansive case involving 123 men and women, most of them Muslims,
the judge will release verdicts over a series of weeks.
4 people have already been found guilty in the case, while 4 others were
acquitted Tuesday.
7 other defendants accused of planting bombs were set to hear their
verdicts Thursday.
Among the accused is one of Bollywood's best-known actors, Sanjay Dutt.
Dutt, 47, is accused of receiving an AK-47-style assault rifle from an
alleged plotter and spent more than a year in jail. If convicted he could
serve 5 years.
Out on bail since the mid 80s, Dutt recently starred in a film that opened
last month -- "Shoot out at Lokhandwala."
The case involves the country's deadliest string of attacks, which were
believed to have been carried out in revenge for the demolition of a 16th
century mosque in northern India by Hindu nationalists. The mosque's
destruction unleashed a wave of violence that left hundreds dead.
(source: CNN)
An Indian court found Mohammed Ghansar guilty of murder Thursday for his
role in a string of bombings that blasted through the country's commercial
capital, Mumbai, 13 years ago, killing 257 people.
Ghansar, who could face the death penalty, was convicted of killing 17
people by planting a scooter rigged with explosives in a crowded
marketplace.
He has been held without bail since he was arrested shortly after the
March 12, 1993 attacks.
In the expansive case involving 123 men and women, most of them Muslims,
the judge will release verdicts over a series of weeks.
4 people have already been found guilty in the case, while 4 others were
acquitted Tuesday.
7 other defendants accused of planting bombs were set to hear their
verdicts Thursday.
Among the accused is one of Bollywood's best-known actors, Sanjay Dutt.
Dutt, 47, is accused of receiving an AK-47-style assault rifle from an
alleged plotter and spent more than a year in jail. If convicted he could
serve 5 years.
Out on bail since the mid 80s, Dutt recently starred in a film that opened
last month -- "Shoot out at Lokhandwala."
The case involves the country's deadliest string of attacks, which were
believed to have been carried out in revenge for the demolition of a 16th
century mosque in northern India by Hindu nationalists. The mosque's
destruction unleashed a wave of violence that left hundreds dead.
(source: CNN)