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NEW DELHI: Interpol secretary general Ronald K Noble has said that links of seven different countries are found in the Mumbai terror attacks that
killed more than 180 people.
"Interpol and Pakistan are cooperating with each other to investigate into the Mumbai terrorist attacks, links of the seven different countries are found during the investigation. We are trying to help expose the terrorists wherever they are hiding," The Nation quoted Noble, as saying.
Pakistan has asked Interpol to help it obtain information located in seven countries in connection with the Mumbai attacks, said Noble.
During his three-day stay in Islamabad Ronald met Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani, Interior Advisor Rehman Malik and the DG Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Tariq Khosa.
When asked whether Pakistan had sought the handing over of Ajmal Kasab the only surviving terrorist of the brutal attacks in Mumbai, Noble did not reply saying, "This is the most difficult question to answer."
Noble added that Pakistan was providing the DNA to the Interpol, which would be checked by the global data of the 187 countries maintained by the Interpol.
He said Pakistan understood that unless terrorists-related information was compared against Interpol's global database and shared among its global network, an international terrorist investigation can never be considered complete and all countries, which are not provided with this vital information, remain at risk.
Pakistan's interior ministry chief Rehman Malik had on Friday briefed visiting Interpol chief on Pakistan's investigation into the Mumbai attacks and the information shared with India in this regard.
Noble called on Malik to discuss the investigation of the Mumbai incident. Malik had shared with him the information on the attacks that Pakistan had provided to the Indian government through diplomatic channels.
The Interpol chief appreciated Pakistan's efforts to investigate the incident and the work done by Pakistani investigators, officials said.
Interior secretary Syed Kamal Shah and federal investigation agency chief Tariq Khosa had also attended the meeting.
Noble is on his second visit to Pakistan in the wake of the Mumbai attacks in November last year.
Pakistani authorities have arrested six suspects in connection with the attacks. Four of these suspects Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Zarar Shah, Abu al Qama and Hamad Amin Sadiq have been remanded to the custody of the FIA till March 17 by an anti-terrorism court.
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