Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, 22, was the only one captured alive of 10 gunmen who carried out the coordinated attacks on key landmarks in India's financial capital, including two luxury hotels, the main train station and a Jewish center. He was found guilty on Monday on more than 80 charges, including murder and waging war on India.

"He shall be hanged by the neck till he is dead," Judge M.L. Tahilyani said as Kasab sat with his head bowed, occasionally wiping his eyes with the back of his hand and then covering his ears with his fingers.

Kasab's sentencing came two days after a Pakistani-American man was charged over a failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in New York's crowded Times Square on Saturday. The Mumbai attacks, blamed on the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), brought to a halt peace talks between India and Pakistan. LeT has been fighting Indian forces in disputed Kashmir since the early 1990s.

Reuters