Mumbai attack:
DNA data sent to Interpol
PRANCE Pakistan has provided Interpol with DNA profiles of suspected
terrorists linked to the Mumbai attacks, the international police agency
said.
Interpol said Sunday it immediately ran the information through its
international database of some 85,000 DNA profiles to help Pakistani
investigators carry out their search for "the full international
dimension" of the attacks. It did not say if there were any matches.
India says the 10 gunmen - only one of whom was caught alive - were
Pakistanis and blamed a Pakistan-based militant group for the November
terrorist attacks that killed 164 people.
Pakistan said last month that some leads pointed to Europe and the
United States. Pakistan has announced criminal proceedings against eight
suspects over the attacks. Interpol said from its Lyon, France
headquarters that it had received the information on Saturday - about
two weeks after announcing that Pakistan planned to hand over the DNA
profiles.
The agency said its 187 member countries can also compare their
individual DNA databases against the data from Pakistan.
Interpol said Pakistan agreed to share the DNA profiles obtained
during a probe by Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency to help
determine if there were broader international links to the attacks.
Paris, Monday, AP
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