The Pakistani Taliban on Thursday threatened to target Indians ‘anywhere’ in retaliation for the execution of Ajmal Kasab and demanded that India should return the body of the LeT militant involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks to his family.
In calls made to journalists in northwest Pakistan, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan said his group would target Indians and Indian interests ‘anywhere’ to avenge the hanging of Kasab.
Ihsan further said Indian authorities should hand over Kasab’s body to his family or to the Taliban. He warned the Taliban would ‘capture Indians’ and ‘not return their bodies’ if Kasab’s body was not handed over.
25-year-old Kasab, who belonged to Pakistan’s most populous province of Punjab, was executed in a Pune jail early on Wednesday. His body was buried within the prison.
The Pakistan government reacted cautiously to the hanging, with the Foreign Office spokesman saying Islamabad was against all forms of terrorism and would cooperate with countries in the region to tackle the menace.
Kasab was the only surviving member of a 10-member team.
In calls made to journalists in northwest Pakistan, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan said his group would target Indians and Indian interests ‘anywhere’ to avenge the hanging of Kasab.
Ihsan further said Indian authorities should hand over Kasab’s body to his family or to the Taliban. He warned the Taliban would ‘capture Indians’ and ‘not return their bodies’ if Kasab’s body was not handed over.
25-year-old Kasab, who belonged to Pakistan’s most populous province of Punjab, was executed in a Pune jail early on Wednesday. His body was buried within the prison.
The Pakistan government reacted cautiously to the hanging, with the Foreign Office spokesman saying Islamabad was against all forms of terrorism and would cooperate with countries in the region to tackle the menace.
Kasab was the only surviving member of a 10-member team.