Nearly four years after gunmen carried out a three-day rampage in Mumbai, and the only surviving militant has now been executed.<br/> <br />Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, captured here with an accomplice during the 2008 attack, was hanged on Wednesday (November 21), at a prison in India.<br/> <br />In August the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Kasab, who was a Pakistani national.<br/> <br />It's the first time India has carried out a capital sentence since 2004.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: INTERIOR MINISTER OF INDIA'S WESTERN MAHARASHTRA STATE, RAOSAHEB RAMRAO PATIL, SAYING (Hindi):<br/> <br />"He had filed a mercy plea, which was rejected. Today, at 7:30 a.m, the militant Ajmal Kasab was executed by hanging. This is a fitting tribute to the people who lost their lives in the attack."<br/> <br />Over 160 people dead in 2008, when 10 gunmen stormed the financial capital.<br/> <br />Kasab was filmed at a Mumbai train station, where nearly 60 people were gunned down.<br/> <br />India has accused Pakistan of failing to act against those behind the raids.<br/> <br />But Pakistan denies involvement, and says it is prosecuting several suspected militants for their role.
