Security Forces Gun Down Top Lashkar Terrorist Accused Of Shooting A Baby Girl And Three Others In Sopore

Security forces today (11 September) eliminated a high-ranking Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant in Sopore of Jammu and Kashmir, reports India Today. The deceased terrorist has been identified as Asif Maqbool Bhat. According to Jammu and Kashmir police, he was accused of firing at and injuring a fruit trader and his three family members last week. Among the injured was a two-and-a-half-year-old girl. Earlier, he had also shot at a migrant laborer Shafi Aalam in Sopore. As per the information received, he was tracked down at a crossing in Sopore while traveling in a car. Seeing the forces, he opened fire and was killed in retaliation. Earlier on Monday (9 September), The Jammu and Kashmir police had arrested eight Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist associates involved in threatening and intimidating locals. They were also arrested from the Sopore area of Baramulla district in south Kashmir. The eight terrorist associates per the information received, he was tracked down at a crossing in Sopore while traveling in a car. Seeing the forces, he opened fire and was killed in retaliation.