Indian police kill suspect in Mumbai blasts case
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-08-22 11:16
MUMBAI - Indian police shot dead one man and arrested another in the
financial hub of Mumbai on Tuesday, in what they said was a breakthrough in last
month's train bombings that killed 186 people.
Indian police
investigating the deadly Mumbai train blasts said they had arrested two
brothers amid reports that one was a suspected senior commander of a top
Muslim militant group.[AFP] |
Acting on a tip-off, police surrounded a dilapidated building in the city
centre and began searching for the two suspects linked with the attacks, a
senior officer said.
The two were asked to surrender, but instead the men opened fired with
automatic rifles, forcing police to return fire, he said. The incident took
place at around 4:30 a.m. (2300 GMT).
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