26/11 Convict David Headley lands In ICU After Attack In US Prison

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David Headley in ICU After Attack in US Prison, the Pakistani-American terrorist jailed in the US over his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror strike, David Coleman Headley is in ICU fighting for his life after being attacked in prison, according to reports.

Headley, who was sentenced to 35 years in prison by a US court for the 2008 attack in Mumbai which killed more than 160 people, was in ICU after he was attacked by other prisoners at a detention center on July 8. He is a Pakistani-origin US national and an operative of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba.

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We are not able to locate information about this individual," the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago said in a brief email response to PTI when asked about the incident. As per the reports, he had suffered serious injuries and was rushed to North Evanston hospital, where he was admitted to the critical care unit.

David Headley recced various Indian cities, including Mumbai before the 26/11 attacks. He was arrested in 2009 and had deposed before a court in Mumbai through video conferencing from US prison in the 26/11 case during Abu Jundal trial.

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The trial against terror handler Abu Jundal has been going for over a year and the prosecution had last year recorded the statements of Headley, who had carried out recces of the spots in Mumbai that were attacked. He had stayed at the Taj Hotel, which was one of the terror targets.

Headly, who was born as Daood Sayed Gilani was introduced to Lashkar-e Taiba ( LeT) in the late nineties in Lahore to marry a woman named Shazia who is an also a mother of his two kids. His father, Sayed Gilani was a well-known Pakistani diplomat and broadcaster while mother, Serrill Headley, originally from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania was a prominent figure in Philadelphia high society. She worked as a secretary at the Pakistani embassy in Washington.

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