Azam Amir Kasav is the only terrorist from the Mumbai terror attacks that survived. He was captured and has been interrogated, providing a great deal of information about the attacks. Read about it below and see a photo of Kasav.
Azam Amir Kasav, also known as Mohammad Ajmal Mohammed Amin Kasab, looked confident in the photo above. It was taken as he walked into the Mumbai train station (CST) with the intent of killing as many people as he could. He and his partner finished their business at the station and moved on to their next target, Girgaum Chowpatty. They were stopped and engaged in a gun fight by police. Azam killed assistant police inspector Tukaram Umbale before he was shot. His partner was shot and killed during the gun battle. Azam played dead and the bodies of both men were picked up to be transported to the hospital. At some point, the police realized that Azam was breathing.
When the 21-year-old Azam arrived at the hospital he begged the medical staff there to help him. He told them that he didn’t want to die. It turned out that he was fluent in English and from from tehsil Gipalpura in Faridkot in Pakistan. He begged for his own life after indiscriminately taking the lives of whoever happened to be in the train station that morning.
After Azam’s bullet wound was treated, he was taken away by interrogators. Its reported that at first he was tight lipped, but it didn’t take long for intense questioning to loosen him up. Apparently, he has given investigators some vital information about the planning of the Mumbai attacks. He has told investigators that their plan was to blow up the Taj Hotel and they had enough explosives to do it. They wanted to create an Indian 9/11.
According to sources the young terrorist has given the investigators vital leads including how the chief planner of the Mumbai terror plot had come to the city a month ago, took picture and filmed strategic locations and trained their group and instructed them to “kill till the last breath.” Every man was given six to seven magazines with fifty bullets each, eight hand grenades per terrorist with one AK-57 , an automatic loading revolver and a supply of dry fruits.
Azam reportedly disclosed that the group left Karachi in one boat and upon reaching Gujarat they hoisted a white flag on their boat and were intercepted by two officers of the coast guard near Porbandar and while they were being questioned one of the terrorists grappled with one of the officers slit his throat and threw the body in the boat. The other officer was told to help the group reach Mumbai. When they were four nautical miles away from Mumbai there were three speedboats waiting for them where the other coastguard officer was killed. All the ammo was then shifted into these three spedboats they reached Colaba jetty on Wednesday night and the ten men broke up into groups of two each. Four of these men went to the Taj Mahal hotel, two of them to the Trident hotel, two towards Nariman House at Colaba and two of which Azam was one moved to CST.
Azam, who was at Nair hospital for nearly four hours, was taken away by the intelligence agencies in the early hours of Thursday to an unknown location after the hospital authorities had removed the bullet from his hand and declared that his condition stable. But it seems the police grilling was so intense that before he left the hospital for an undisclosed location he pleaded with the police and the medical staff to kill him. “Now , I don’t want to live,” he said.
Its a good thing the Indian authorities are questioning him rather than Americans. If we were in charge of interrogation, we’d still be feeding him and making sure he had a wii and plasma television at his disposal.
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December 2nd, 2008 at 9:27 am
IF people doesn’t know anything about islam then they shud not put such comments like pig or dirty stuff. Do u know wat is mentioned in Quran?? it states if muslims are killed for no reason or without any mistake then fight with them which is called JIHAAD. In india, muslims are killed for no reason. Anything happens in country, credit goes to muslims Example: Gujrat terror - many muslims were killed, they cut the belly of pregnant woman then burned many muslims who where alive. Where are those people who did that?? Why dont u call them terrorists?? Police encounterd many muslims guys for MAALE GAON blast & later truth came out. It was hindu terrorists who did that “sadhvi pragya”. Dont you think they shud kill her as well?? All educated people, why cant they use their sense?? Why a muslim will blast in a mosque?? A muslim wud die but never blast the place of prayer (MOSQUE). After going thru all this if you guys think we muslims are terrorists then we dont mind. Its better to get shoot by a muslim than a death like in gujarat. If we were terrorists then we wud have killed those people who killed gujarat muslims & set them ablaze. We are Quiet it doesn’t mean that you guys will say watever you want to.. Mind your language please, you dont hve rights to blame any religion until u see with ur own eyes or read Quran by ur own
December 2nd, 2008 at 10:01 pm
The person shown in the above photograph does not look like a 4th grade pass-out. It is said that he speaks fluent english. How come? Is the person in the police net a terrorist or a fabricated person. Were there only 9 terrorists and all were shot dead? Is he a muslim or a hindu (He is wearing a red thread on his right hand which only hindu’s wear). TRUTH AS ALWAYS WILL NEVER COME OUT AND INOCENT PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS DIE.
December 2nd, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Also 30% of those killed were MUSLIMS (which is more than the national average of muslims in the country). PLEASE DO NOT DIVIDE THIS COUNTRY ON RELIGION. We are ALL INDIANS and can give up our lives for INDIA. But we are proud to be MUSLIMS.
December 3rd, 2008 at 2:02 am
Finally I would like to quote a few Hadith’s (reported saying’s by the Prophet {p.b.u.h.}) about the law of War and Peace in Islam:
“There is no compulsion in religion…”
Muslims were prohibited from taking anything from the general public of a conquered country without paying for it. When the Muslim army occupied an area of the enemy country, it did not have the right to use things belonging to the people without consent.
“The Prophet has prohibited the believers from looting and plunder” (Bukhari)
“Do not destroy villages and towns, do not spoil the cultivated fields and gardens, and do not slaughter the cattle.”
“Do not kill any old person, any child or any women” (AbuDawud)
“Whoever kills a person who has a truce with the Muslims will never smell the fragrance ofParadise.”(Muslim)
“Do not kill the monks in monasteries” and “ do not kill the people who are sitting in places of worship.” (Ibn Hanbal)
“Do not attack a wounded person.”“No prisoner should be put to the sword.”
“The greatest sins are to associate something with God and to kill human beings.”(The above Hadith’s are from the most quoted collections of Bukhari and Muslim.)
It is a wrong notion in peoples mind that Muslims are allowed to kinn in the name of JIHAD. I hope the above makes it clear that no one can kill a human being for no reason.
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:38 am
There have been lot of ridiculous reports by many Muslim readers and Islamist websites that the maniac who was prominently photographed and who went on a killing spree is a “Hindu Terrorist”. The training imparted to these killing machines from thier handlers in Pakistan explicitly states that to disguise yourself, do not reveal your nationality, commit suicide if you are captured alive and so on. The armband pictured prominently on one of the murderers wrists is exactly what they followed from thier headquarters in Pakistan and they wore it to confuse the INDIAN SECURITY AGENCIES and also to enter Indian waters in disguse of Indian/Hindu Fishermen. No Hindu fundamentalist or so-called “Hindu Terrorists” have these kinds of capabilities. It is HIGH TIME FOR OUR MUSLIM BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO ACCEPT THIS FACT AND ACCEPT THAT THESE MASS-MURDERERS WERE FOLLOWERS OF RELIGION OF ISLAM THAN TO START BLAMING ON HINDUS, JEWS, CHRISTIANS, INDIAN, AMERICANS, ISREALIS, BRITISH, ETC.
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:02 am
Hello Mr. Karthik..
Firstly mind ur typing ettiquites…
This is not a blaming spot.You got so angry on the ‘thread on right wrist’… could u open ur eyes and see wht was written above??? Insulting any religion is again a sin in ur religion. I hope you got the point. The confusion can also be created by a Hindu terrorist saying he hails from so and so place. y not? And excuse me, the line ‘No Hindu fundamentalist or so-called “Hindu Terrorists” have these kinds of capabilities’ is a totally weightless point. You need to learn commenting still. When there is nothing to say… its better you remain silent. Capabilities are not inherited from a religion..! baseless point indeed you posted..!
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:45 am
Dear Mr Kartik
I am an Indian as much as you. We are not blaming anyone for the killings. If a bomb goes off anywhere wheather in a Mandir or a Mosque eveyone blames the MUSLIMS. A hindu killer will not be called a terrorist but a muslim killer will ALWAYS be termed as a terrorist. WHY?????
December 4th, 2008 at 2:44 am
Dear Abduljakol and Kartik,
Just because the terrorists are fighting in the name of Jihad doesn’t mean that’s what Islam is preaching. I truly respect the Islam, Hinduism and Christianity. There are extremists in any group and as ‘Desi’ said, religion is just a shield for it. All the religions are meant for the well being of people and society. There is no religion that actually asks to hate the other people.
Aussie,
Please read about Islam and if possible read the Koran. Just because the most of terrorists fights in the name of Islam ain’t a rational reason to believe that the Islam is a non-peaceful religion. If you are not aware; from the year 1094 to 1444 (That’s almost 350 years) there used to be a group called Crusaders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades) who fought war in the name of Christianity. So let’s not jump into conclusions.
Respect
December 5th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
There was a time when the religious leaders of the world ruled. This time was called ‘The Dark Ages.’
December 9th, 2008 at 3:22 am
i love kasab he is too smart n intelligent.actually he is the mastermind.