Over 10 suspects 'were trained for attacks'

Mumbai: The following is information on the militants of Lashkar-e-Taiba jihadi group, who India says were trained in Pakistan to prepare for the Mumbai attacks.

Nine gunmen were killed and one captured after the November 26-29 attacks that killed 172 people. Police say they were Pakistanis.

How many militants were trained?

Indian police say 30 trained in camps in Pakistan for suicide missions. Police say only 10 attackers arrived in India by sea. The whereabouts of the other 20 militants are unknown.

How many attackers came on the boat?

Local papers have also raised the question of whether more gunmen came to Mumbai, given that police found 15 jackets and toothbrushes on board the trawler that the militants hijacked to come to Mumbai. Some reports also said two covers were found for dinghy motors on the trawler, while only one dinghy, which transported the gunmen to Mumbai, has been found. A US counterterrorism official also said last week there is a possibility that some attackers "are still out there". But police say the other five jackets belonged to the crew of the trawler, who were killed and most of them thrown overboard. Police insist there were only 10 gunmen who arrived in India.

What has happened to the other trained militants?

Police believe they may have been kept for other missions outside India, perhaps Afghanistan.

Their main contact in Pakistan, Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi, has also directed LeT military operations in Chechnya, Bosnia, Iraq and southeast Asia, the US Government said.

How could they have trained without the knowledge of the Pakistani state?

Impossible, says India, which is why New Delhi is suspicious of its neighbour. India believes authorities in Pakistan, and its military spy agency the ISI, have for years turned a blind eye to militant groups - and sometimes funded and trained them.

What did the training involve?

The gunmen trained for more than a year in three or four camps, according to police. The training involved handling weapons, bomb making, survival strategies, swimming, seafaring and even dietary habits.