Two LeT commanders killed in Kashmir: Indian police

Slain commanders were identified as Fahadullah and Abu Usman.


Afp August 07, 2011
Two LeT commanders killed in Kashmir: Indian police

SRINAGAR, INDIA: Indian troops on Sunday shot dead two senior commanders of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) group in Kashmir during two separate gunbattles, police said.

Fahadullah was killed during a fierce clash in northern Kupwara district, bordering Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Fahadullah was serving as LeT's 'divisional commander' for north Kashmir and his death is a 'big setback' to the group, senior police officer Muneer Khan told reporters.

Police said government forces also shot dead another LeT 'senior commander' in southern Poonch district during a clash on Sunday.

The slain commander was identified as Abu Usman, police said.

LeT has been blamed by India for the November 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people. It has denied any role in the attacks.

More than 47,000 people have been killed, according to an official count, since an insurgency erupted in 1989 against Indian rule in the region.

COMMENTS (5)

Reality bites | 13 years ago | Reply

"And Both were Pakistani Citizen" I think editor forgot to mention this.

Rishab Aiyar | 13 years ago | Reply

These militants or mujahideens as they are called in many sections of the Pakistani society need to understand that these violent movement wont do any good to the kashmiris and to themselves and to India off course!!! Talk is the only way forward.

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