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The sole surviving suspect from last years attacks on Mumbai has admitted his role in the three-day rampage that killed 166 people and heightened tensions between India and Pakistan.

Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, who is charged with 86 offenses connected to the attacks, changed his plea to guilty, officials said on Monday.

It was not immediately clear what prompted Kasab, a Pakistani national, to do so.

Over the past several months, Kasab, who is currently lodged in a Mumbai jail and is facing trial, had consistently denied that he was guilty of the charges, which include murder and waging war on India.

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