28 charged in July train bombings
Twenty-eight people were formally charged in the July 11 train bombings in Mumbai that killed more than 200 people.
Thirteen of the accused are in custody, police prosecutor Raja Thackeray said.
The 28 were charged with murder, handling explosive substances, committing terrorist acts and causing damage to public property in Mumbai, formerly called Bombay. They could face the death penalty.
Police say the 28 suspects belong to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based Islamic militant group, as well as the banned Students’ Islamic Movement of India.
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