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Terror in Mumbai
Is 'the most dangerous man in the world' behind the Mumbai attacks?
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service
Tags: India, Dawood Ibrahim 

Security officials in India believe that an Indian citizen once called 'the most dangerous man in the world' masterminded the well orchestrated string of terror attacks that left at least 174 people dead in India's financial capital of Mumbai last week.

The man, Dawood Ibrahim, is believed to be hiding in Pakistan. Ibrahim is wanted in India for his suspected role in the 1993 bombings in Mumbai, in which more than 250 people died in a string of 13 coordinated bombings.

Ibrahim is a millionaire operating in several countries with connections both in India and Pakistan.
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Speculations have surfaced over recent days that the terrorists responsible for last week's attacks, which began Wednesday evening and continued well into the weekend, had come from Pakistan. Indian officials, among them India's foreign minister, also raised the possibility that Pakistani terrorists were behind the attacks, sparking tension between the neighboring countries.

Reports from India indicate that security officials believe that Ibrahim orchestrated the attacks from the Pakistani city of Karachi, sending his men to enter India illegally to carry out ten coordinated attacks in separate locations in Mumbai.

The connection to Ibrahim was established during the questioning of one of the attackers,
  • Amir Kasab, 21, who told the Indian authorities that he had been sent to Mumbai by Ibrahim after having undergone training in Pakistan.

    Indian media reported earlier that in the past, some of the attackers had stayed at the Taj hotel in Mumbai, which they targeted on Wednesday, and therefore were very familiar with the hotel's structure. The commander of the elite Indian unit that stormed the hotel following the attack, in efforts to free hostages, described the attackers as "skilled fighters, prepared for their mission and merciless."

    Pakistani authorities have denied any connection to the attacks. The Pakistani government has asked to be involved in the investigation into the incident, offering to send its highest level spy chief to India, but later rescinded the offer, apparently due to Indian objections, and decided to send lower level investigators instead.

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