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Ajmal Amir Kasab was a terrorist involved in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. These attacks were carried out by 10 militants associated with the Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba. The militants targeted crowded locations in Mumbai, killing 166 people and injuring about 300. Nine of the attackers were killed by Indian forces, but Kasab was captured alive. He was convicted in 2010 and executed in 2012.12

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