Kasab trained by Pak marines, had local help, a report claims

New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) Muhammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the
lone captured terrorist of the audacious Mumbai terror
attack, was trained by Pakistan Marines, an elite unit of the
Pakistan Navy.

In its latest issue, 'The Week', an Indian magazine,
quoting Kasab's interrogation report by an intelligence agency
said he and nine others who struck Mumbai last November were
taught combat techniques by the Pakistan Marines after being
extensively trained by the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) at its
various camps.

The report said the terrorists underwent crash courses
in surveillance, reading topographical maps, sniping
positions, urban warfare and kidnapping.

The magazine also said Kasab's interrogators think that
the terrorists could in "all possibility" have done a recce of
the targets in Mumbai much ahead of the 26/11.

It said that a senior Research and Analysis Wing officer
had said that Ismail, the leader of the pack, did the recce
with the help of local elements.

Kasab told the interrogators that he and his comrades
were taken to sea briefly in the initial stages of the
intensive training programme.

"The acclimatisation drills continued for two months in
two separate installments. Nautical miles increased in time.
And at a later stage, they were taught the specialised
techniques in a 'built up' pool," the magazine said in a
statement. PTI SAP
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