(MENAFN- Arab Times) An Indian court on Friday convicted 12 people over a series of blasts that ripped through packed commuter trains in the financial capital Mumbai in 2006, killing nearly 200 people and wounding many more. The men were convicted of murder, conspiracy and waging war against the country over the coordinated series of attacks during the evening rush hour that also injured more than 800 people. The Press Trust of India news agency said the Mumbai sessions court had acquitted one person and convicted 12 after a trial that has lasted nine years and concluded on August 19 last year.
Sentencing will be on Monday and prosecution lawyer Raja Thakare said he wanted "the strictest possible punishment" for those convicted. "Whatever sentence the judge hands out, it should be able to satisfy the public at large," he told AFP by phone. Lawyer Shahid Nadeem, who represented all 13 defendants in the case, said the prosecution had failed to provide evidence that Abdul Wahid Shaikh, who was acquitted, had played any role in the blasts. He said he would appeal against the convictions of the other 12.
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