New Delhi (CNN) -- India on Wednesday executed Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the last surviving gunman from the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, a government official said.
Kasab, a Pakistani, was hanged at Yerwada Jail in Pune, a city southeast of Mumbai, said K.S. Dhatwalia, a spokesman for the Indian home ministry.
The execution took place after Kasab's last attempt to avoid the death penalty, a clemency petition, was rejected earlier this month by President Shri Pranab Mukherjee.
Kasab was one of 10 heavily armed men who in November 2008 attacked landmarks around Mumbai, including high-end hotels, the city's historic Victoria Terminus train station and the Jewish cultural center Chabad House.
He was photographed holding an assault weapon during the three days of violence, which left more than 160 people dead. Indian forces killed the nine other suspects.
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