Gunmen Not From UK, Says Foreign Office

A suspected gunman in the premises of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, or Victoria Terminus railway station, in Mumbai, November 26, 2008. (The Times of India/Reuters)

From The Guardian:

British officials last night played down the possibility that Britons were involved in the attacks on Mumbai.

India's first minister was reported to have claimed that two of the arrested gunmen were British-born Pakistanis, and UK authorities quickly said they were investigating the reports.

But the Foreign Office later said the deputy high commissioner in Mumbai had spoken to Indian authorities who said there was no evidence that any of the terrorists, shot or detained, were British.

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