Cops hold two linked to Mumbai terrorism
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November 22, 2009, Sunday
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Italian police yesterday arrested a Pakistani father and son accused of helping to fund and provide logistical support for last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, authorities said.
The two were nabbed in an early morning raid in Brescia, where they managed a money transfer agency, police in the northern Italian city said.
The day before the attacks began on November 26 they allegedly sent money using a stolen identity to a US company to activate Internet phone accounts used by the attackers and their handlers, said Stefano Fonsi, the head of anti-terror police in Brescia.
The transfer was just US$229 but gave the attackers five lines over the Internet, which are difficult to trace, and allowed militants to keep in touch even during the rampage, Fonsi said.
Italian police began the probe in December after being alerted by the FBI and Indian police about the transfer, he said.
The funds were transferred under the identity of another Pakistani man who had never been to Italy and was not involved in the attacks, he added.
He lives in Spain and his identity was probably stolen when he used another money transfer agency somewhere in the world.
The order to open the accounts with the Callphonex company came from two men in Pakistan, he said. Fonsi added that Italian authorities had shared details of their identities with Pakistani officials.
The two suspects in Brescia, identified in a police statement as Mohammad Yaqub Janjua, 60, and Aamer Yaqub Janjua, 31, are accused of aiding and abetting international terrorism as well as illegal financial activity.
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