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| Three Pakistani terrorists killed in Jammu |
| 2006-08-09 |
| Three Pakistani terrorists, including a Jaish-e-Mohammad member and two suicide attackers, were killed by the Jammu and Kashmir police who said they were apparently planning an attack ahead of Independence Day on August 15. Two fidayeen (suicide attackers) were killed at the Jagti area near Nagrota in the suburbs of Jammu early on Tuesday. The Jaish-e-Mohammad member, Hassan Pakistani was killed on Monday in an operation in the Keshwan area of Kishtwar in Doda district, northeast of Jammu. Hassan Pakistani was reportedly Jaish-e-Mohammad's second-in-command and the most trusted lieutenant of Masood Azhar, the terrorist outfit's founder who was set free in exchange of passengers of the hijacked Indian aircraft IC 814 in Kandhar in December 1999. Pakistani had been operating in Keshwan area of Doda and was responsible for many strikes and had further plans to execute terrorist attacks in the state. Hassan Pakistani was from the Sheikhpora area of Pakistan, said SP Vaid, inspector general of police (Jammu division). Vaid said the two fidayeen were spotted while they were making their way towards Jammu. "They were definitely fidayeen. The police had knowledge about their possible entry into Jammu." One of the two has been identified as Mohammad Basharat of Manshera, Pakistan. The other went by the code name of Hamid but his exact identity is yet to be established. However, according to initial investigations, he too belongs to Pakistan, said the police. Vaid termed the operation as a major success of the police as the fidayeen had plans of a terrorist strike in Jammu ahead of August 15. "We have reports that there are few more fidayeen trying to enter Jammu," said the police official. The police have neutralised several terrorists in the Jammu region in the past few weeks, and recently arrested five major modules of the Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit in Pakistan. |
| Posted by:Fred |