Pakistan court frees on bail accused mastermind of Mumbai attack: lawyer

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Source: ABC

A Pakistani court has freed on bail a man accused of plotting a 2008 militant assault on the Indian city of Mumbai that left 166 people dead, his lawyer says.

The attack seriously strained ties between the neighbouring countries, and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has condemned the prospect of granting bail to Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi.

"Lakhvi has been released and he is out of the jail now," his lawyer, Malik Nasir Abbas, told news agency Reuters on Friday. "I don't know where he will go now."

A security official also confirmed his release.

Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-10/pakistan-court-frees-mumbai-attack-accused-on-bail-lawyer-says/6385300

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1. This should really help relations between the two countries. How ridiculous. nt