Pakistani Islamist blamed for 2008 attacks in Mumbai released from house arrest
Pakistani Islamist Hafiz Saeed, seen as the mastermind of a 2008 militant assault in the Indian financial hub of Mumbai in which 166 people were killed, has been released from house arrest, his religious charity said on Friday.
Saeed has been under house arrest since January after living freely in Pakistan for many years, a sore point in Pakistan's relationship with the United States and neighbour India. A court on Wednesday ordered an end to his house arrest.
Saeed has repeatedly denied involvement in the Mumbai attacks in which 10 gunmen attacked targets in India's largest city, including two luxury hotels, a Jewish centre and a train station in a rampage that lasted several days. The violence brought nuclear-armed neighbours Pakistan and India to the brink of war.
