Pakistan sentences Lakhvi to five years for terrorism financing


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  • Friday, 08 Jan 2021

FILE PHOTO: A supporter of Shiv Sena, a Hindu hardline group, holds Pakistan's national flag and a portrait of Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi during a protest against Lakhvi's release, in New Delhi April 11, 2015. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee/File Photo

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistan court on Friday sentenced Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi, a senior official of militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), to five years in jail for terrorism financing.

Lakhvi and the group are accused by India and the United States of being behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks - though the charges or sentence are not related to any specific incident.

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