India upholds death penalty for Mumbai attacks gunman
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In this undated handout file photograph released by Mumbai Police on Dec 1, 2008, arrested Islamist militant Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman - also known as Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab - is seen lying on a bed at an undisclosed location in Mumbai. India's Supreme Court on Aug 29, 2012, confirmed the death sentence handed down to Mohammed Kasab, the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks. -- PHOTO: AFP/MUMBAI POLICE
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed the death sentence handed down to Mohammed Kasab, the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
"We are left with no option but to award death penalty," the two judges said in a court order. "The primary and foremost offence committed by Kasab is waging war against the government of India."
Kasab, one of 10 gunmen who laid siege to Mumbai in attacks that lasted nearly three days and killed 166 people, had appealed claiming he had not been given a fair trial.
