Reax to death sentence for three over 2003 Mumbai bombings

(6 Aug 2009) ++AUDIO QUALITY AS INCOMING++ SHOTLIST Mumbai - 06 August, 2009 1. Exterior of court 2. Ujjwal Nikam, public prosecutor arriving to court 3. Police bringing an accused man involved in 2003 Mumbai bombings to court 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ujjwal Nikam, Public prosecutor: "I am very happy to note that all the accused have been sentenced to be hanged to death and this would be really a justice to the 54 departed souls, and I feel that myself and the team of the crime branch of the Mumbai police, have taken lot of pains in this case and on account of the teamwork we could achieve this success." 5. Wide of cameramen 6. Ujjwal Nikam receiving flowers from one citizen 7. Ujjwal Nikam showing the victory sign 8. Wide of media FILE: Mumbai - 25 August, 2003 9. People in front of Gateway to India monument 10. Wreckage of taxi 11. Men sweeping away broken glass 12. Close up of destroyed taxi 13. Dried blood on street with crutches lying beside wall 14. Pan around damaged car with smashed windscreen 15. Police beside another damaged car in front of Gateway to India 16. Pan around car park from taxi to other damaged cars STORYLINE: An Indian court sentenced two men and a woman to death on Thursday for their roles in a 2003 attack in the city of Mumbai that killed 52 people. Two taxis carrying explosives blew up within minutes of each other on August 25, 2003, at a popular tourist attraction on the city's waterfront and at a busy shopping complex. In addition to the dead, 100 were wounded in the attacks. Ashrat Shafiq Mohammed Ansari, Syed Mohammed Haneef Abdul Rahim and his wife, Fahmeeda Syed Mohammed Haneef, were convicted last month of murder, conspiracy to kill and damaging public property. Ujjwal Nikam, the public prosecutor, said he welcomed the court's decision to impose the death penalty. The three had pleaded not guilty and their lawyers said they still plan to appeal the guilty verdict to the state high court. Investigators had said all three were members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a banned, Pakistan-based militant group formed in the 1980's, with the alleged blessing of Pakistani intelligence, to sow trouble in the disputed Kashmir region. The three denied involvement with the group. Indian investigators have also blamed Lashkar-e-Taiba for last year's attacks in Mumbai in which armed gunmen killed 166 people in a three-day rampage. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/fa3e3b5ea97c9083a860fd04d6c06002 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork