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Canadian's Terror Trial Underway in Chicago

  • First Posted: May 16 2011 17:03 PM
  • Updated: 10 minutes ago

Jurors are being picked for Tahawwur Hussain Rana's trial over what role, if any, he played in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.

The trial of a Pakistani-Canadian man accused of helping to plan the 2008 terrorist attack on the city of Mumbai began in Chicago today with the first round of jury selection. Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 50, was arrested in 2009 on evidence given by U.S. citizen David Coleman Headley, who pleaded guilty to terror charges relating to the attack, which killed 164 people. Prosecutors allege that Rana, who has a residence in Ottawa and worked out of Toronto and Chicago, let Headley say he worked for Rana's immigration company while he cased out Mumbai for Lakshar-e-Taiba, the Pakistani terrorist group that organized the assault. Rana denies the charges. Opening arguments are to be heard May 23.

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