Chicago:
Pakistani-origin American national David Coleman Headley has been charged with the conspiracy in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, in addition to terror plot in Denmark.
As per the fresh charges on Headley, he had taken boat trips around Mumbai, made videos during those trips and filmed 26/11 targets.
Headley has been charged with conspiracy to bomb public places in India, to murder and maim persons in India and Denmark.
Speaking to NDTV about the charges on Headley, his lawyer has said that it is too early to comment, and that he would review the evidence.
AP adds:
Headley, 49, was charged in a 12-count criminal information, including, to provide material support to foreign terrorist plots and another offences.
Federal prosecutors also announced charges against a retired major in the Pakistani military, Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed, for allegedly taking part in the plot to attack the Danish newspaper out of anger over 12 cartoons published in 2005 depicting the Prophet Muhammad that sparked outrage in the Muslim world.
According to the charges, Headley attended terrorist training camps in Pakistan earlier in this decade operated by Lashkar-e-Toiba -- a group that specializes in violent attacks on targets in India.
Headley, formerly named Daood Gilani, and Chicago businessman Tahawwur Hussain Raha, 48, were charged in October with planning an attack on the Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten. The new charges add Syed to the list of defendants.
US Attorney Patrick J Fitzgerald said the investigation "remains active" and a team of prosecutors and FBI agents will keep seeking charges against other people responsible for the attacks.
As per the fresh charges on Headley, he had taken boat trips around Mumbai, made videos during those trips and filmed 26/11 targets.
Headley has been charged with conspiracy to bomb public places in India, to murder and maim persons in India and Denmark.
Speaking to NDTV about the charges on Headley, his lawyer has said that it is too early to comment, and that he would review the evidence.
AP adds:
Headley, 49, was charged in a 12-count criminal information, including, to provide material support to foreign terrorist plots and another offences.
Federal prosecutors also announced charges against a retired major in the Pakistani military, Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed, for allegedly taking part in the plot to attack the Danish newspaper out of anger over 12 cartoons published in 2005 depicting the Prophet Muhammad that sparked outrage in the Muslim world.
According to the charges, Headley attended terrorist training camps in Pakistan earlier in this decade operated by Lashkar-e-Toiba -- a group that specializes in violent attacks on targets in India.
Headley, formerly named Daood Gilani, and Chicago businessman Tahawwur Hussain Raha, 48, were charged in October with planning an attack on the Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten. The new charges add Syed to the list of defendants.
US Attorney Patrick J Fitzgerald said the investigation "remains active" and a team of prosecutors and FBI agents will keep seeking charges against other people responsible for the attacks.
