An Indian court sentenced the only surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks to death May 6, a punishment officials hoped would send a message to arch rival Pakistan to stop future violence as fears about the global reach of militancy based on its soil grow.

Judge M. L. Tahaliyani gave Mohammed Ajmal Kasab multiple death sentences for murder, waging war against India, conspiracy and terrorism. He also handed down penalties for over two dozen other offenses ranging to life in prison.

A photograph of Kasab, 22, striding through Mumbai's main train station, an assault rifle in hand, became the iconic image of the three-day siege in November 2008 that claimed the lives of 166 people. Kasab was one of 10 young Pakistanis who attacked two luxury hotels, a Jewish center and a busy train station in India's financial capital.

AP