ANM NEWS_311018 EXCLUSIVE: WHO WAS JAISH MILITANT USMAN? скачать в хорошем качестве

ANM NEWS_311018 EXCLUSIVE: WHO WAS JAISH MILITANT USMAN?

Yawar Shafi, Kashmir: Muhammad Usman alias Usman Haider who was killed in a fierce encounter with security forces in Chankeetar Village of Tral Township in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district was active in Tral when he got trapped and gunned down yesterday. Nephew of JeM supremo Moulana Masood Azhar, purportedly Usman was involved in recent stand-off attacks on security forces and was considerably a “sniper”. An M-4 carbine rifle, which was possibly used for carrying out sniper attacks, was recovered from the encounter spot in Chaanketaar village of Tral. Furthermost, Police in a statement said that M4 and AK 47 rifles have been recovered from the site of encounter. Police however identified another associate of Usman as Showkat Ahmad Khan resident of Handoora Tral. Police added that it’s the same group which was involved in a series of attacks and firing on the security forces camp from “a distance”. Another nephew of Masood Azhar, Talha Rashid, was among three militants killed in a security operation in Pulwama in November last year. In April, the ‘operational commander’ of the militant outfit Mufti Yasir was eliminated, becoming the fifth top JeM commander to be killed since June last year.