Gunman says Mumbai attackers Indian Muslims
Posted: 27 November 2008 1304 hrs

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MUMBAI: One of the gunmen involved in Wednesday's multiple attacks in Mumbai told a television channel he belonged to an Indian Islamist group seeking an end to the persecution of Indian Muslims.

A group calling itself the "Deccan Mujahedeen" claimed responsibility for the attacks, the Press Trust of India said.

The outfit sent emails to various media outlets saying it carried out the attacks across the city, the news agency said.

Another little-known Islamic group, the Islamic Security Force-Indian Mujahedeen, had claimed responsibility for serial blasts last month in India's northeast state of Assam that claimed nearly 80 lives.

Six weeks earlier, the capital New Delhi had been hit by a series of bombs in crowded markets that left more than 20 dead.

Those blasts were claimed by a group calling itself the Indian Mujahedeen.

- AFP/yt