One of many shut associates of Jaish-e-Mohammed terror group’s slain chief Shahid Latif, who suffered bullet accidents throughout an assault in a mosque in Pakistan’s Punjab province, succumbed to his wounds on Thursday, elevating the demise toll to a few within the incident, police mentioned.
Latif, the mastermind of the 2016 assault on the Indian Air Pressure base in Pathankot, and his safety guard Hashim Ali have been shot lifeless by three gunmen whereas providing prayer in a mosque in Daska metropolis of Punjab province, over 100 km from Lahore, on Wednesday early morning.
Prayer chief and shut affiliate of Latif, Maulana Ahad was additionally hit by bullets and was shifted to a hospital the place he succumbed to his wounds on Thursday, police mentioned.
Punjab Police have registered an FIR towards six unknown suspects for killing three individuals beneath sections 302 (homicide), 324 (tried homicide), 148 (armed with lethal weapons), 149 (illegal meeting) and Anti-Terrorism Act.
In line with the FIR, a replica of which is offered with PTI, six gunmen aged 22 to 23 reached the Noori-e-Madina Masjid in Mandike Guraya Chowk (Daska) at Fajr (pre-dawn) time.
“Three of them stayed exterior whereas the opposite three entered the mosque and opened fireplace on Latif at level clean at 5.28 am. In addition they sprayed his safety guard and the prayer chief with bullets. They, nonetheless, did not goal different folks providing prayer,” the FIR says.
The assailants after committing the crime managed to flee on bikes, it says.
Police officer Wasim Ahmad informed PTI on Thursday that it was a “goal killing” as the principle goal of the killers was Latif whom they shot at level clean.
“Three separate investigation groups have been fashioned on the course of the Punjab police chief to probe into the matter,” he mentioned, including that police have recorded the statements of the folks current within the mosque in the course of the gun assault.
“We’ve got additionally obtained CCTV footage that shall be useful in tracing the culprits,” he mentioned. No arrest has been made up to now.
His killing is just like a number of different such incidents involving the deaths of militants needed in India.
In line with intelligence sources, earlier than Latif’s killing, JeM’s Ibrahim Mistry, Hizbul Mujahideen’s Imtiaz Alam, and Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Abu Qasim had been killed throughout prayers.
Latif alias Bilal alias Noor Al Din, a delegated terrorist beneath the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act, was the launching commander of the JeM in Sialkot and had been concerned within the planning, facilitation and execution of terror assaults in India. PTI MZ ZH AKJ ZH ZH ZH 10121643
