Via ABC News -
Indian authorities said today that all 10 of the terrorists who attacked the city of Mumbai last Wednesday were from Pakistan.
Police are also continuing to investigate the possibility that Mumbai locals may have provided the attackers with logistical support, Rakesh Maria, the deputy commissioner of the Mumbai police told reporters today.
Ajmal Amir Kasav, the only terrorist to have been captured alive, has been giving information freely to interrogators, Maria said.
Maria confirmed that Kasav was part of the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar e Taiba ("Army of the Righteous"). The group has fought against Indian authorities over the disputed territory of Kashmir for years and has been accused of masterminding some of the most high-profile terrorist attacks in the country.
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The death toll from last week's devastating attacks has now climbed to 188, a Mumbai police spokesman confirmed. Local hospitals are now treating 313 people wounded during the assaults on three luxury hotels -- the historic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, the Oberoi, the Oberoi Trident -- and a Jewish center in the south Mumbai locality of Colaba.
The terrorists received extensive training, possibly for years, Maria said, adding, "they were not ragtag." They also intended to escape Mumbai after the attacks.
As the number of dead and injured civilians and security forces soars, heads are continuing to roll among the government.
Vilasrao Deshmukh, the chief minister of Maharashtra, which includes Mumbai, and R. R. Patil, the deputy chief minister, both tendered their resignations earlier today.
Patil riled citizens last week when he described the attack as a "minor incident" in an on-camera statement to reporters, saying that his government deserved credit for preventing further loss of life.
It's not yet known who will replace the two men, but news of their resignations came as little surprise after a week that has left Mumbai's residents shaken and furious with the men who attacked the city and with those who allowed it to happen, despite warnings from foreign nations, including the United States.
American intelligence officials told ABC News today that they warned Pakistan of a possible terror attack, even naming the Taj Mahl, scene of some of the bloodiest attacks, as a possible target.
Praveen Swamy, an analyst interviewed by ABC News, described the situation as "not an intelligence failure but a failure of intelligence."
That failure has been apparent in the days following the attack, as the politicians running the city seem to have utterly misjudged the public mood and the gravity of the assault, some say.
For example, critics charge that on the eve of his resignation, Deputy Minister Deshmukh turned his Sunday night visit to the ravaged Taj hotel into a Bollywood spectacle.
In full sight of television cameras, Deshmukh entered the lobby of the Taj accompanied by his son, Bollywood star Ritesh Deshmukh and Bollywood filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, who is reportedly looking to make a film about the attacks.
Although Deshmukh later denied that he had arranged to escort Varma to the building, no private citizens are being allowed into any of the hotels, a fact that left many people wondering about the Bollywood director's presence there.
As the cleanup operation at the Taj hotel ended, with police retrieving bodies and searching for booby traps, tensions between India and Pakistan continued to rise.
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