Italy Arrests 2 Linked to Mumbai Attacks

Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 3:07 pm

ROME: Italian police on Saturday arrested two men accused of providing logistical support for last year’s terror attacks in Mumbai, officials said.

The two Pakistani, father and son, were arrested in an early morning raid in Brescia, police in the northern Italian city said.

The suspects managed a money transfer agency and helped fund the Nov. 26 attacks, police said in a statement. The day before the attacks they transferred money to activate an Internet phone account that was used by the attackers and their accomplices, said Stefano Fonzi, the head of anti-terror police in Brescia.

Italian police began the probe in December after being alerted by the FBI that the money had been sent from Italy, Fonzi told American news agency.

The funds were transferred under the identity of another Pakistani man who had never been in Italy and was not involved in the alleged crimes, he said.

The two are accused of aiding and abetting international terrorism as well as illegal financial activity.

ROME: Italian police on Saturday arrested two men accused of providing logistical support for last year’s terror attacks in Mumbai.

The two Pakistani, father and son, were arrested in an early morning raid in Brescia, police in the northern Italian city said.

Italian police began the probe in December after being alerted by the FBI that the money had been sent from Italy, Fonzi told American news agency.

The funds were transferred under the identity of another Pakistani man who had never been in Italy and was not involved in the alleged crimes, he said.

The two are accused of aiding and abetting international terrorism as well as illegal financial activity.