New Delhi:

Images – from CCTV footage – have been launched of three terrorists believed to be concerned within the assault on an Air Drive convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district final week, during which Corporal Vikky Pahade was killed and 4 of his colleagues injured.

All three reportedly used high-powered assault rifles, United States-made M4s and Russian-made AK-47s, within the assault, which was the primary main strike of the yr in an space that witnessed a number of terror-related strikes on navy targets and troopers final yr.

The three have been recognized as Illiyas, a former Pakistan Military commando, a Pakistani terrorist referred to as Hadoon (or Hadun), and Abu Hamza, the code-name of commander of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba.

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In response to a sketch from the J&Okay Police, Hamza is described as a 30-32-year-old man of medium construct and truthful complexion, sporting a trimmed haircut.

He was final seen sporting a Pathani go well with with a brown scarf and an orange bag.

A reward of Rs 10 lakh has been supplied for info resulting in his arrest.

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The assault on the IAF convoy on Could 4 adopted quite a few terrorist strikes within the Poonch and Rajouri areas over the previous few weeks. One of many assaults – within the Shadra Sharief space of Rajouri – noticed a 40-year-old man, a authorities worker, shot lifeless exterior a mosque.

The 40-year-old man, Mohammad Razak, labored with the social welfare division, and his attackers used a United States-made M4 assault rifle and in addition a pistol.  

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His brother, a soldier within the Territorial Military, was with him in the course of the assault. The terrorists tried to kidnap him however he managed to flee unharmed, a senior officer mentioned.

Safety officers indicated the terrorist code-named Abu Hamza was behind that assault.

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Poonch is a part of Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency, which can vote within the sixth section – Could 25 – of the continued Lok Sabha election.

These assaults got here after two non-locals – a migrant employee from Bihar and a person from Dehradun – had been focused within the Anantnag and Herpora areas of Shopian district.

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