US intelligence chief blames Lashkar for Mumbai attacks

8220;The same group that we believe is responsible for Mumbai had a similar attack in 2006 on a train and killed a similar number of people,8221; McConnell said. 8220;Go back to 2001 and it was an attack on the Indian Parliament.8221;

McConnell did not identify the group by name but New Delhi has pinned the 2006 attacks on Mumbai commuter trains that killed 187 people to the LeT, a Pakistan-based terrorist group. The 2001 attack on Indian Parliament that pushed India and Pakistan on the brink of war was also blamed on LeT apart from Jaish-e Muhammad, another Pakistan-based militant outfit. McConnell is the first US official to publicly identify LeT as the likely group behind the latest Mumbai attacks.