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Mumbai gunman: 'We were sure to die'

By: cnn.comPosted On: 05/10/2010 12:01 P

Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab is a hated man in India. The sole gunman to be captured alive in the November 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai, Kasab has been sentenced to death for his role in the bloody three-day siege that killed more than 160 people.

So who is this man who is so despised in India? Some of the details remain unclear.

Indian authorities are not even sure of his age. Kasab insisted he was a minor, but the court ordered medical tests and determined he was at least 20 years old.

He was captured by police overnight after the first day of the attacks. The police officer credited with capturing him held only a Lathi (a Hindi term for stick or cane).

Kasab was held directly responsible for killing people inside Mumbai's main train station. Security video showed Kasab wielding an assault weapon as he and another man sprayed bullets into the crowded terminal.

Just after he was caught, authorities say Kasab confessed to taking part in the attacks in which he and nine others carried out a plan to take over five-star hotels and a Jewish cultural center -- and wreak havoc on India's financial capitol.

Police videotaped Kasab's interrogation while he was lying on a hospital bed in Mumbai with minor injuries. When Kasab's case finally went to trial last year, he recanted the story he told at the hospital, saying police coerced the confession.

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