Pathankot attack mastermind Shahid Latif killed in Pakistan mosque

New Delhi, 11/10: 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 Pakistan’s Sialkot district, official said.

Latif, alias Bilal, a designated terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, is learnt to have been shot dead along with two of his associates by three gunmen. He had infiltrated into the Kashmir Valley in 1993 and was arrested a year later.

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