<\/p>\n\n\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n(FILES) US President Donald Trump. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI \/ AFP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\nUS President Donald Trump on Wednesday hailed the arrest in Pakistan of the firebrand cleric believed to be the mastermind of the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks, who had been declared a global terrorist by Washington.<\/p>\nHafiz Saeed who had a $10 million US bounty on his head \u2014 was taken into custody earlier in the day following a raid by counter-terrorism forces in the eastern Pakistani city of Gujranwala.<\/p>\n\u201cAfter a ten-year search, the so-called \u2018mastermind\u2019 of the Mumbai terror attacks has been arrested in Pakistan. Great pressure has been exerted over the last two years to find him!\u201d Trump tweeted.<\/p>\nThe arrest came days before Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is due to meet Trump at the White House.<\/p>\nRelations between the historic allies have plummeted in part due to the Trump administration\u2019s demands that Pakistan do more to contain extremists.<\/p>\nThe top US diplomat for South Asia called for Pakistan to ensure the prosecution of Saeed, who has spent years in and out of varying forms of detention.<\/p>\n\u201cA full and expeditious prosecution for his involvement in numerous acts of terror, such as the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people, including six Americans, is necessary,\u201d said Alice Wells, the acting assistant secretary of state for South Asia.<\/p>\n\u201cThe victims of terrorist attacks deserve justice,\u201d she wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n
\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n(FILES) US President Donald Trump. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI \/ AFP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\nUS President Donald Trump on Wednesday hailed the arrest in Pakistan of the firebrand cleric believed to be the mastermind of the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks, who had been declared a global terrorist by Washington.<\/p>\nHafiz Saeed who had a $10 million US bounty on his head \u2014 was taken into custody earlier in the day following a raid by counter-terrorism forces in the eastern Pakistani city of Gujranwala.<\/p>\n\u201cAfter a ten-year search, the so-called \u2018mastermind\u2019 of the Mumbai terror attacks has been arrested in Pakistan. Great pressure has been exerted over the last two years to find him!\u201d Trump tweeted.<\/p>\nThe arrest came days before Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is due to meet Trump at the White House.<\/p>\nRelations between the historic allies have plummeted in part due to the Trump administration\u2019s demands that Pakistan do more to contain extremists.<\/p>\nThe top US diplomat for South Asia called for Pakistan to ensure the prosecution of Saeed, who has spent years in and out of varying forms of detention.<\/p>\n\u201cA full and expeditious prosecution for his involvement in numerous acts of terror, such as the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people, including six Americans, is necessary,\u201d said Alice Wells, the acting assistant secretary of state for South Asia.<\/p>\n\u201cThe victims of terrorist attacks deserve justice,\u201d she wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n
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