2 Usman was part of a terror cell controlled by IS leader Abu Ahmed. An alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) bomb-maker with a penchant for pornography was to have participated in the Islamic State (IS) terrorist strike on Paris in November, 2015, CNN reported on Monday. Investigators in Europe identified Urdu-speaking Usman as a suspected LeT bomb-maker, according to CNN. LeT created the text-book model for multi-pronged urban terrorist attacks using a very small number of attackers when it carried out the 2008 Mumbai attacks. CNN reported that according to its sources, "Investigators believe that delay was significant; as a result, they would not have a chance to become part of the Paris attacks."

Source: India Today September 05, 2016 23:26 UTC