Pakistan arrests key Mumbai attack suspect

Multan - Hafiz Saeed was taken into custody in Punjab province while travelling from the eastern city of Lahore to the city of Gujranwala.

Pakistan on Wednesday arrested a radical cleric and US-wanted terror suspect implicated in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, officials said, just days ahead of Prime Minister Imran Khan's trip to Washington.
Hafiz Saeed was taken into custody in Punjab province while travelling from the eastern city of Lahore to the city of Gujranwala, according to counterterrorism official Mohammad Shafiq.
US President Donald Trump hailed the arrest. "After a ten-year search, the so-called 'mastermind' of the Mumbai Terror attacks has been arrested in Pakistan. Great pressure has been exerted over the last two years to find him!" Trump tweeted.
Saeed founded the Lashkar-e-Taiba group, which was blamed for the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people. His charity organisations, Jamaat-ud-Dawa and Falah-e-Insaniat, are alleged fronts for Lashkar-e-Taiba.
The US has offered a $10 million reward for Saeed's arrest and Washington recently stepped up pressure on Islamabad to crack down on terror groups.

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