Amidst recent terrorism incidents, Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday said that he has given a free hand to security forces to neutralise the terror ecosystem operating in the shadows.
A retired army soldier was killed and his wife and a close relative were injured as terrorists shot at them from point-blank range on Monday afternoon in South Kashmir's Behibagh area of the Kulgam district.
The man who was killed in a shootout with police was identified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, a 42-year-old US citizen from Texas.
One terrorist was killed on Tuesday in an ongoing gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar district.
The deceased VDG members have been identified as Nazir Ahmad and Kuldeep Kumar. Reports indicate that the terrorists tortured the two VDG members, gouged out their eyes, and then shot them dead.
A top wanted Pakistani commander, Usman, of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was among three terrorists killed in two separate fierce encounters with security forces in the Kashmir valley on Saturday.
A Pakistani terrorist was killed on Monday morning when the Indian Army troops foiled an attempt of heavily armed terrorists to ambush a convoy in the border area near Akhnoor in Jammu district.
This was followed by an encounter between the security forces and terrorists. Three terrorists are believed to be trapped in the cordon of security forces.
Guler made the remarks in a commemoration ceremony in Istanbul honouring those who lost their lives in the attack on Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TUSAS), which resulted in five deaths and 22 injuries.
When asked if Canada is becoming a safe haven for terrorists, David Harris, former Chief of Strategic Planning of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) stated, “I think there is a dire risk of this happening.
