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Ajmal Kasab

1987 - 2012

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Muhammad Ajmal Amir Kasab (13 July 1987 – 21 November 2012) was a Pakistani militant and a member of the Islamist militant organization Lashkar-e-Taiba through which he took part in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks in Maharashtra, India. Kasab, alongside fellow Lashkar-e-Taiba recruit Ismail Khan, killed 72 people during the attacks, most of them at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. Kasab was the only attacker who was apprehended alive by the police. Kasab was born in Faridkot, Pakistan and left his home in 2005, engaging in petty crime and armed robbery with a friend. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Ajmal Kasab is the 300th most popular extremist (down from 277th in 2024), the 184th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 176th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Pakistani Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Ajmal Kasab ranks 302 out of 283. Before him are Ahmed al-Nami, Amy Fisher, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Khader Adnan, Hakimullah Mehsud, Jimmy Chérizier, and Tetsuya Yamagami. After him are Monster of Florence, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Sarabjit Singh, and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Ajmal Kasab ranks 742. Before him are Liang Wenbo, Aleksandra Wozniak, Yarisley Silva, Pelé, Ren Hayakawa, and Serge Gakpé. After him are Yūki Nagasato, Bahodir Nasimov, Yasmani Copello, Piotr Żyła, Adam Johnson, and Olcay Şahan. Among people deceased in 2012, Ajmal Kasab ranks 518. Before him are Leslie Carter, Miki Roqué, Samia Yusuf Omar, Hollie Stevens, Vigor Bovolenta, and Andrew Breitbart. After him are Jorge Andrés Boero, Mark Lenzi, Doris Singleton, Sarah Burke, Jaspal Bhatti, and Tony Greig.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Ajmal Kasab ranks 184 out of 217. Before him are Rehman Malik (1951), Younis Khan (1975), Chris Anderson (1957), Asim Munir (null), Hakimullah Mehsud (1979), and Govind Nihalani (1940). After him are Saba Mahmood (1961), Sadiq Sanjrani (1970), Usman Khawaja (1986), Jahangir Khan (1963), Tabassum Adnan (null), and Wasim Akram (1966).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Pakistan

Among extremists born in Pakistan, Ajmal Kasab ranks 6. Before him are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (1964), Javed Iqbal (1961), Fazlullah (1974), Baitullah Mehsud (1974), and Hakimullah Mehsud (1979).

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