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| Indian troops kill top fighter, associates in Kashmir |
| 2017-12-27 |
| [PRESSTV] New Delhi forces have killed a top fighter along with his associates during a shootout in Indian-controlled Kashmire. Police said in a statement on Tuesday that Noor Mohammad Tantray, the head of the Jaish-e-Mohammad ...literally Army of Mohammad, a Pak-based Deobandi terror group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in 2000, after he split with the Harkat-ul-Mujaheddin. In 2002 the government of Pervez Musharraf bannedthe group, which changed its name to Khaddam ul-Islam and continued doing what it had been doing before without missing a beat... (JeM) group, and his comrades were rubbed out outside the main city of Srinagar on Monday evening. Indian troops cordoned off a group of houses in Samboora, "which resulted in a fierce shootout leading to elimination of top JeM commander Noor Mohammad Tantray," the statement said. Police described the operation as a "significant breakthrough" after Tantray's body was found under debris on Tuesday. The 47-year-old JeM commander was described by officials as a new "security headache" when he took over as the head of the group. According to police, Tantray spent 12 years in jail after being convicted in a case of militancy in 2003, but jumped parole two years later to rejoin JeM. As the news of Tantray's death spread, hundreds of Kashmiri people rushed to the scene, chanting anti-India slogans and hurling stones at the troops. Security forces used tear gas and pellet guns to disperse angry protesters. At least six protesters were maimed. |
| Posted by:Fred |