Top Lashkar commander Hashim Musa killed in J&K encounter
Top Lashkar commander Hashim Musa killed in J&K encounter Authorities additionally stated that with Musa's death, "the entire group of four senior LeT commanders operating in the UT since 2022, and responsible for sensational attacks, stand neutralised".
Top Lashkar commander Hashim Musa killed in J&K encounter Authorities additionally stated that with Musa's death, "the entire group of four senior LeT commanders operating in the UT since 2022, and responsible for sensational attacks, stand neutralised".
What happened
According to authorities, the group comprising Musa, Junaid, Yasir and Suleiman Shah carried out the Halan attack (Kulgam) on August 4, 2023, in which four Army personnel were killed.
Meanwhile, the last surviving member of the four-member group of Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists that carried out some of the most sensational terror attacks over recent years in J&K, Hashim Musa, was killed in an overnight encounter in the Khansahib area of central Kashmir's Budgam, the Indian Army remarked on Wednesday.
Authorities stated LeT's commander Musa, additionally known as Asif Fauji, was killed in a joint operation built on intelligence inputs in an area under the Khansahib police station. Security forces were pursuing Musa for some time and "recently a specific all-stakeholder plan for his neutralisation was put in place after technical and human intelligence about his movement and presence were received", authorities stated.
The bottom line
For now, top Lashkar commander Hashim Musa killed in J&K encounter remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.
