Court Orders Release of Suspect in Mumbai Attacks

A Pakistani court has ordered the release of the alleged mastermind of the November 2008 attacks on Mumbai, India, that killed more than 160 people. Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, a leader of the banned group Lashkar-e-Taiba, has been in prison since February 2009, when he and six others were charged in connection with the attacks. India summoned Pakistan’s envoy in New Delhi, Abdul Basit, to receive a protest about the release order issued Friday by the High Court in Islamabad. Lakhvi has not...

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