Pakistani police kept the accused architect of the 2008 Mumbai attacks under house arrest in the eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday, manning barricades outside his home as supporters vowed protests. The detention of Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed could help ease tensions between nuclear-armed foes Pakistan and India, although New Delhi has not yet responded. They later banned media from the scene as about 100 Saeed supporters chanted slogans. Saeed has denied ordering the Mumbai attacks and has distanced himself from LeT, while leading his Islamic charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD). Saeed was put under house arrest after the Mumbai attack, but was released about six months later in June 2009.

Source: CBC News January 31, 2017 05:31 UTC