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Pakistan court sentences senior Lashkar e Taiba official Lakhvi to 5 years for terrorism financing
A Pakistan court on Friday sentenced Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi, a senior official of militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, to five years in jail for terrorism financing.
Published : 8 Jan 2021, 10:39 AM
Updated : 8 Jan 2021, 10:39 AM
Lakhvi and the group are accused by India and the United States of being behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
He was sentenced to five years concurrently on three separate counts of the offence, with a fine of 100,000 rupees on each count, an order from the court said.
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