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Dreaded terrorist Zakir Musa killed in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir



NEW DELHI: Zakir Musa, the Al Qaeda terrorist who headed the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, was killed by security forces in Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir on May 23, late Thursday evening.

Joint forces, working on a special intelligence, trapped him near his home in Tral area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

Musa had founded his own terrorist group aimed at destabilizing India in order to establish orthodox Islamic rule in entire region.  He declared his allegiance to Al-Qaeda in 2017.

(Agencies)

Publish Date : 24 May 2019 14:37 PM

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