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Ajmal Kasab, 26/11 terrorist, gets death sentence

BREAKING NEWS

Mumbai: Ajmal Amir Kasab, the Pakistani terrorist who killed scores of people during the attacks on Mumbai in November 2008, was on Thursday sentence to death by a special court.

He was given death on four charges and life imprisonment on five counts. Kasab broke down during the sentencing.Kasab was pronounced guilty on May 3 by Special Judge M L Tahaliyani. Kasab was found guilty of 80 offences, including waging war against the nation, which is punishable with the death penalty.

Kasab and his associate, Abu Ismail, killed over 70 people at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, before heading for the Cama hospital, where they killed three senior police officers.

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