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Mastermind of Pathankot attack killed in Pak mosque
Updated On: 12 October, 2023 08:16 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
According to an Associated Press report from Lahore, the gunmen who killed Latif pretended to be worshippers to enter the mosque complex
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Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist Shahid Latif. Pic/Twitter
Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist Shahid Latif, believed to be the mastermind of the 2016 attack on an Indian Air Force base in Pathankot, was gunned down on Wednesday by unidentified assailants in a mosque in Daska town of Sialkot district, officials said.
Latif, alias Bilal, a designated terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, is learnt to have been shot dead with two of his associates by three gunmen.
He had infiltrated into the Kashmir Valley in 1993 and was arrested a year later. He was in Jammu jail with Masood Azhar, founder of the JeM, till 2010, officials said. He was deported to Pakistan in 2010 following his release and formally joined the terror group, they said.
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