Islamabad: Key suspect in the 2008 Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks has been arrested by security agencies in Pakistan, it was announced late on Thursday, August 4.

The terror which evoked world condemnation the claimed over 160 lives, including foreigners, and 308 others were wounded.

Suspect Sufiyan Zafar, wanted in connection with the attacks, had reportedly assisted prime suspect Hammad Amin Sadiq financially, a sources close to the development said.

According to the sources, an anti-terrorism court granted eight-day physical remand of the suspect. Sources further said that a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team, headed by Director Mazhar Kakakhel, was interrogating the suspect.

Ajmal Kasab was the only terrorist who was captured alive. He was hanged four years later on November 21, 2012. The terror attack on Paris on November 13 had brought back the memories of the Mumbai carnage, as people found a similar pattern in the execution of attack, the timing of the attack, style of combating by coming in a group, selection of multiple locations, targeting the civilians at places of gathering or iconic spots, targeting of international tourists, among other things.