26/11 attack accused killed 6 mnths before the assault: Pak witness

July 15, 2015 20:01

A witness in the Mumbai terror attack case today claimed before a Pakistani anti-terrorism court that his brother, one of the accused in the case, was killed in a US drone strike in Waziristan six months before the 26/11 attack.

The witness, Bhalol Khan, recorded his statement in the anti-terrorism court (Islamabad), which is holding the trial of seven Mumbai attack accused, including LeT operations commander Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi. Bhalol told the court, which is hearing the case at the high security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, that his brother Abdullah alias Saddam, one of the accused in terror attack case, was killed in a US drone attack in Wana on May 31, 2008.

He claimed that his brother was killed some six months before the Mumbai attack took place on November 26, 2008.

The other three witnesses did not turn up in the court to record their statements. The court adjourned the hearing till July 23.

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