Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab ( ) & lrm ; ; 13 July 1987 – 21 November 2012 ) was a Pakistani militant and a member of the Lashkar-e-Taiba Islamist militant organisation , through which he took part in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks in Maharashtra state of India . Kasab , alongside fellow Lashkar-e-Taiba recruit Ismail Khan , killed 72 people during the attacks , most of them at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus . Kasab was the only attacker captured alive by police
2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks
2008 Mumbai attacks
Ajmal Kasab