ROME
Italian police arrested a Pakistani father and son yesterday who were accused of helping fund and providing logistical support for last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, authorities said.
The two were arrested in an early morning raid in Brescia, where they managed a money-transfer agency, police in the northern Italian city said.
The day before the attacks began on Nov. 26, they sent money using a stolen identity to a U.S. company to activate Internet phone accounts used by the attackers and their handlers, said Stefano Fonsi, the head of anti-terror police in Brescia.
The transfer was just $229, but gave the attackers five lines over the Internet, which are difficult to trace, and allowed militants to keep in touch even during the rampage, Fonsi said.
Italian police began the probe in December after the FBI and Indian police alerted them about the transfer, Fonsi said.
Ten militants, allegedly from Pakistan, killed 166 people in a three-day assault on luxury hotels, a Jewish center and other sites in India's financial capital. One Italian was among the 19 foreigners killed.
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