Pakistan police kill leader of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group
9 years, 8 months ago

Pakistan police kill leader of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group

Al Jazeera  

Police say Malik Ishaq, head of banned group behind Shia attacks, killed when supporters tried to free him from custody. Malik Ishaq, along with his two sons Usman and Haq Nawaz, and 11 others, were killed in an exchange of fire with police personnel late on Tuesday night, police said. Two high-ranking police officers told the Reuters news agency that Ishaq and his two sons were being moved between detention centres when a group of armed men attacked the convoy and freed them. The officers challenged the armed men, resulting in the encounter in which six police personnel sustained injuries, the spokesman said.

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MP: Man thrashed to death; cop trying to rescue him killed in mob attack
1 week, 6 days ago

MP: Man thrashed to death; cop trying to rescue him killed in mob attack

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: A mob of tribals in a Madhya Pradesh village abducted and killed a man suspecting him to be the murderer of a member of their community and later lynched a cop who tried to rescue him, police said on Sunday. Two people including an assistant sub-inspector of police died and several other policemen sustained minor injuries in the incident, …

Killers of Punjab Shiv Sena leader post Instagram video to confess to crime
2 weeks ago

Killers of Punjab Shiv Sena leader post Instagram video to confess to crime

India Today  

The three motorcycle-borne assailants who killed a local Shiv Sena leader in Punjab's Moga on Thursday night claimed responsibility for the crime by posting a video on Instagram on Friday. The Shiv Sena leader, identified as Mangat Rai alias Manga, was shot dead late on Thursday night while a boy was also injured in the attack. One of the three …

Pakistan policeman first saves accused of insulting Prophet Muhammad from mob, later kills him in custody
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Pakistan policeman first saves accused of insulting Prophet Muhammad from mob, later kills him in custody

India TV News  

Quetta: A policeman opened fire inside a police station in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Thursday, killing a suspect held on accusations of blasphemy, a local official said. Police said he had been arrested the day before, after officers snatched him from an enraged mob that claimed he had insulted Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Derogatory remarks against the prophet …

Senior leader of Imran Khan’s party shot dead in Lahore
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Senior leader of Imran Khan’s party shot dead in Lahore

The Hindu  

A senior leader of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party was shot dead in Lahore while he was coming out of a mosque after offering Friday prayers, police said. Shahid Saddique Khan was coming out of a mosque in Valancia Town in Lahore after offering Friday prayers when four unidentified men opened fire on him and fled …

Gangster attacks Punjab police in Hoshiarpur raid, constable killed
1 year ago

Gangster attacks Punjab police in Hoshiarpur raid, constable killed

Op India  

On Sunday, Mansoorpur village in Hoshiarpur of Punjab witnessed a devastating incident as a police raid turned deadly when a suspected gangster opened fire on the officers. Senior Superintendent of Police Surendra Lamba provided details of the event, stating that the police team was executing a raid at the residence of Sukhwinder Singh when the suspect launched a sudden attack, …

Pakistan mosque blast killing 100 was 'revenge attack' against police: Cops
2 years, 1 month ago

Pakistan mosque blast killing 100 was 'revenge attack' against police: Cops

India Today  

An explosion at a mosque in Pakistan’s northern city of Peshawar that killed 100 people, including an imam, and injured over 150 others, was a targeted revenge attack, a police chief told AFP on Tuesday. Around 400 police personnel were present for afternoon prayers at the mosque’s compound on Monday in Pakistan’s Peshawar when a suicide bomber blew himself up …

Pakistani terrorist killed in encounter in J&K's Sopore
2 years, 9 months ago

Pakistani terrorist killed in encounter in J&K's Sopore

India Today  

One Pakistani terrorist affiliated with proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba was killed on Tuesday, June 7, in an encounter with the police and Indian Army in Sopore, western Jammu & Kashmir. The encounter took place barely 40 km away from Kupwara where two terrorists were killed the same day in a joint operation by the J&K Police and the Indian Army. Further details …

3 JeM terrorists, constable killed in J&K gunfight
2 years, 10 months ago

3 JeM terrorists, constable killed in J&K gunfight

Hindustan Times  

Three Pakistani terrorists affiliated to Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu & Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday, police said, adding that a cop also lost his life in the encounter. So far this year, 22 Pakistani terrorists have been killed in various encounters with security forces, Inspector General of Police, Vijay Kumar said. According …

Pakistani LeT Militant Killed in Shootout in J-K's Hazratbal, Search on for Two Others
3 years ago

Pakistani LeT Militant Killed in Shootout in J-K's Hazratbal, Search on for Two Others

News 18  

A Pakistani militant of Lashkar-e-Taiba was killed in a brief shootout in Hazratbal area here on Thursday while a search was underway for two others who managed to flee, police said. Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said one of the militants was a Pakistani and termed his killing a “big success”. We hope to neutralise them soon.” Kumar …

Wanted Pakistani LeT Militant Killed in Encounter in J&K's Srinagar
3 years, 3 months ago

Wanted Pakistani LeT Militant Killed in Encounter in J&K's Srinagar

News 18  

A Pakistani Lashkar-e Taiba militant wanted in many terror cases including the killing of two policemen in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district recently was gunned down in an encounter with security forces in the Harwan area here on Sunday, police said. A cordon and search operation was launched by the security forces in the Theed Harwan area of Srinagar based …

Pakistan Police Kill 3 Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Terrorists Responsible for Attacking Shias
3 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan Police Kill 3 Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Terrorists Responsible for Attacking Shias

News 18  

Three LeJ terrorists who were allegedly involved in an attack on the Shia minority community in Pakistan’s Punjab province have been killed by the country’s law enforcement agencies. The Counter-Terrorism Department of Punjab police said in a statement on Wednesday that it arrested terrorist Umer Draz of LeJ who was involved in the attack on the 10th Muharram procession in …

Jammu and Kashmir Police officer Imtiyaz Hussain claims his life being under threat after he exposed Pro-Pak Islamists and ‘journalists’
6 years ago

Jammu and Kashmir Police officer Imtiyaz Hussain claims his life being under threat after he exposed Pro-Pak Islamists and ‘journalists’

Op India  

Imtiyaz Hussain, a senior police officer of Jammu and Kashmir Police posted in Baramulla has claimed that his life is under threat for speaking the truth and accused certain section of journalists backed by the pro-Pak Islamists of “building an environment” to get him killed. They are the same people who have built a case for Shujat Bukhari’s killing,” revealed …

Jammu and Kashmir: Senior police officer, army jawan martyred; 3 Jaish terrorists killed in Kulgam encounter
6 years, 1 month ago

Jammu and Kashmir: Senior police officer, army jawan martyred; 3 Jaish terrorists killed in Kulgam encounter

India TV News  

A senior police officer, an army jawan and three Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists were killed in an encounter in Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Sunday According to officials, the encounter took place in the Turigam area of Kulgam after the police got an intelligence input about the presence of a group of terrorists in the area. An army major and two …

3 LeT militants, including 2 Pakistanis, killed in encounter in south Kashmir
7 years, 3 months ago

3 LeT militants, including 2 Pakistanis, killed in encounter in south Kashmir

Live Mint  

Srinagar: Three Lashker-e-Taiba militants, including two Pakistanis, allegedly responsible for carrying out an attack on Amarnath pilgrims in July this year, were killed in an encounter in south Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. One militant, who had managed to flee from the encounter site, was also arrested by the police from a maternity hospital of Anantnag district of South Kashmir, …

Gangster justifies killing of Hindu leader in Facebook post, leaves Punjab Police red-faced
7 years, 4 months ago

Gangster justifies killing of Hindu leader in Facebook post, leaves Punjab Police red-faced

India TV News  

A Facebook post by a gangster, involved in the killing of a Hindu leader in Amritsar, admitting to his crime, has left the Punjab Police embarrassed. Saraj Sandhu, who is being chased by the state police, not only admitted to killing Hindu Sangharsh Sena leader Vipan Sharma, but even suggested that the "killing should not be linked to religion". The …

Punjab: Hindu outfit leader shot in Amritsar, fifth murder in 2 years
7 years, 4 months ago

Punjab: Hindu outfit leader shot in Amritsar, fifth murder in 2 years

Hindustan Times  

Exactly 13 days after the killing of a local leader of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh in Ludhiana, another Hindu right-wing activist, Vipan Sharma, 45, was shot dead in broad daylight in Bharat Nagar locality of the city on Monday. This is the fifth such murder of Hindu outfit leaders, and the ninth overall of any religious or religio-political leader, in the …

Militant killed in encounter with security forces in Kashmir's Kupwara district; operation underway
7 years, 5 months ago

Militant killed in encounter with security forces in Kashmir's Kupwara district; operation underway

Firstpost  

An unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Langet area of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir An unidentified militant was shot down in an encounter with security forces in Hajin area of Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, according to media reports. J&K: 1 terrorist killed in an encounter with Security forces in Handwara's …

Kashmir: Top LeT militant Waseem Shah killed in encounter in Pulwama; one civilian dies in crossfire
7 years, 5 months ago

Kashmir: Top LeT militant Waseem Shah killed in encounter in Pulwama; one civilian dies in crossfire

Firstpost  

Two Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including top commander Waseem Shah, were on Saturday killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. A top Lashkar-e-Taiba militant, Waseem Shah, believed to be the main architect of unrest last year in south Kashmir, was killed along with his accomplice in an encounter early Saturday morning by security forces in …

Jaish-e-Mohammed’s operational chief in Kashmir killed in encounter
7 years, 5 months ago

Jaish-e-Mohammed’s operational chief in Kashmir killed in encounter

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Just a week after a Jaish-e-Mohammed affiliate group claimed responsibility for the attack on a Border Security Force camp near the Srinagar airport on 3 October, security forces on Monday afternoon gunned down the JeM’s operational chief, Khalid, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, the Indian Army said. add_main_imageTroops from the Special Operations Group of the state police, …

Kashmir: Cop, Lashkar militant among 5 killed in terror attack
7 years, 10 months ago

Kashmir: Cop, Lashkar militant among 5 killed in terror attack

Live Mint  

Srinagar: A policeman and a wanted militant of Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group were among five persons killed when terrorists made an attempt to ambush a police party in Kulgam in South Kashmir on Sunday. Wanted militant Fayaz Ahmed Ashwar alias Setha, who had been been on the run since August 2015 after his name cropped up in the Udhampur terror strike …

Wanted Lashker militant, cop among 5 killed in terror attack in Kulgam
7 years, 10 months ago

Wanted Lashker militant, cop among 5 killed in terror attack in Kulgam

India TV News  

Three civilians were among those killed when terrorists made an attempt to ambush a police party in Kulgam in South Kashmir on Saturday, resulting in death of a policeman and a wanted militant of Lashker-e-Taiba. Wanted militant Fayaz Ahmed Ashwar alias Setha, who had been on the run since August 2015 after his name cropped up in the Udhampur terror …

‘Want 50 heads in return to avenge my father’s death’, says mutilated jawan’s daughter
7 years, 10 months ago

‘Want 50 heads in return to avenge my father’s death’, says mutilated jawan’s daughter

India TV News  

Shattered with the news of her father’s horrendous killing by Pakistan’s BAT in Jammu and Kashmir’s Krishna Ghati sector, the daughter of Border Security Force constable Prem Sagar said on Tuesday that she wants “50 heads in return” for her father’s life. On Monday, the Pakistan’s brutal Border Action Team again mutilated the bodies of two Indian soldiers on Monday …

Militant leader who attacked Sri Lanka cricket team killed
8 years, 5 months ago

Militant leader who attacked Sri Lanka cricket team killed

ABP News  

DERA ISMAIL KHAN : A Pakistani militant linked to a number of high-profile attacks was killed in a joint Afghan-U.S. special forces operation in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan police officials and Taliban commanders said Sunday. Qari Ajmal, allegedly responsible for several militant attacks in Pakistan, was killed in Afghanistan's Paktika province, three Taliban commanders said. Ajmal, a leader of the banned …

Pakistan police kills Lashkar i Jhangvi chief Malik Ishaq | India TV News
9 years, 8 months ago

Pakistan police kills Lashkar i Jhangvi chief Malik Ishaq | India TV News

India TV News  

Islamabad: Malik Ishaq, the chief of banned sectarian outfit Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, his two sons and 11 top members of the group linked to al-Qaeda were killed in an "encounter" in Pakistan's Punjab province, police said today. Ishaq, who has been accused of masterminding dozens of attacks against the minority Shia community, his sons Usman and Haq Nawaz, and 11 other senior …

Pakistan government releases terrorist Malik Ishaq
10 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan government releases terrorist Malik Ishaq

India TV News  

Lahore: Malik Ishaq, dreaded chief of banned LeJ that has carried out attacks on minority Shias and the mastermind of the assault on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009, has been released after three years in jail with the Pakistan government not seeking an extension of his detention. Ishaq's release comes even as the government considers "radical changes" to …

Pakistan executes two militants
10 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan executes two militants

The Hindu  

Pakistan on Friday executed two men convicted for attacks on Army headquarters and the former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, days after the country lifted its moratorium on the death penalty. The two are among 17 terrorists who will be executed in the first phase after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ended self-imposed moratorium in the wake of Tuesday’s Peshawar school massacre. …

US designates Lashkar-e-Jhangvi chief Malik Ishaq as 'global terrorist'
11 years, 1 month ago

US designates Lashkar-e-Jhangvi chief Malik Ishaq as 'global terrorist'

India TV News  

Washington: The United States has designated Lashkar-e-Jhangvi co-founder Malik Ishaq, blamed for killing scores of members of Pakistan's Shia minority, as a global terrorist. The consequences of this designation include a prohibition against American nationals engaging in transactions with Ishaq and the freezing of his property and interests in the US or in the possession or control of US persons, …

Pakistani court rejects bail plea of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi chief
11 years, 2 months ago

Pakistani court rejects bail plea of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi chief

India TV News  

Opposing the bail plea, a law officer of the government told the court that police had “solid evidence” against Ishaq. Ishaq, who is also vice-president of the Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat that is considered a front for the LeJ, was released in July 2011 after spending 14 years in prison over 44 counts of murder and terrorism. The LeJ claimed responsibility …

Top Pakistan police chief Chaudhry Aslam Khan killed in Karachi Taliban attack
11 years, 2 months ago

Top Pakistan police chief Chaudhry Aslam Khan killed in Karachi Taliban attack

The Independent  

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Slain Haqqani leader lived near Pak capital for years: Reports
11 years, 4 months ago

Slain Haqqani leader lived near Pak capital for years: Reports

India TV News  

Islamabad: Nasiruddin Haqqani, senior leader of the dreaded Haqqani terror network who was shot dead here, had been living in areas near the Pakistani capital for years, media reports today said. Quoting a senior member of the Haqqani network, The News daily reported that “Nasiruddin was living in Rawalpindi for the past many years along with other members of the …

Pak police recovers body of killer of 26/11 prosecutor
11 years, 6 months ago

Pak police recovers body of killer of 26/11 prosecutor

The Hindu  

Pakistan police have recovered a corpse of a man from a house here, and believes it belongs to the killer of Mumbai attack case public prosecutor, according to a media report. Police found the body on Tuesday from the same house where a car laden with explosives was recovered on August 31 and they believe it belongs to the killer …

Pakistani Taliban vow revenge for death of No.2 leader
11 years, 9 months ago

Pakistani Taliban vow revenge for death of No.2 leader

India TV News  

Washington, May 31: The Pakistani Taliban will avenge the killing of the outfit's No.2 leader, who was slain in a drone strike Wednesday, a Taliban spokesman told CNN Thursday. Spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said the outfit holds the Pakistani government responsible for the death of Wali-Ur Rehman Mehsud.Rehman was one of seven people killed when a drone struck a target near …

Lashkar's Anwar Khan who beheaded martyr Hemraj gets Rs 5 lakh reward: report
12 years, 1 month ago

Lashkar's Anwar Khan who beheaded martyr Hemraj gets Rs 5 lakh reward: report

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jan 30: An Indian news channel has reported quoting intelligence reports that Lashkar-e-Toiba's terrorist Anwar Khan, who beheaded Indian Army's martyred jawan Lance Naik Hemraj has been given a Rs 5 lakh reward. The intelligence report is yet to be verified. According to the news channel, the operation near the Line of Control was led by a serving …

Pak court orders release of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi chief who planned attack on Sri Lankan team – India TV
12 years, 6 months ago

Pak court orders release of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi chief who planned attack on Sri Lankan team – India TV

India TV News  

Lahore, Sept 12 : A local court has released the leader of banned militant organization Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Malik Ishaq from Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore. According to media reports, a session court has allowed his bail to be set at Rs 5 lakhs and he was released after his bail money was deposited on Tuesday.Malik Ishaq had been arrested at Lahore …

Ishrat Jahan killing also a fake encounter: probe report
15 years, 6 months ago

Ishrat Jahan killing also a fake encounter: probe report

The Hindu  

In yet another setback to the Narendra Modi government, the Ahmedabad metropolitan magistrate, S.P. Tamang, has ruled that the June 2004 killing of Ishrat Jahan and three others was also a case of "fake encounter." Mr. Vanzara and several other policemen are already in jail in connection with the killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, which the government confessed before the Supreme …

Nine militants, pro-govt militia leader killed in Pakistan
15 years, 7 months ago

Nine militants, pro-govt militia leader killed in Pakistan

Hindustan Times  

The Taliban on Wednesday stepped up attacks on civilians and pro-government tribesmen in northwest Pakistan, killing five persons including a politician and a militia leader even as nine militants were killed in violence in the restive region. HT Image In a bid to instill fear among its opponents before the Pakistan Army's impending operation in Waziristan, 50 heavily armed Taliban …

Bhutto killers to be unmasked soon: Police
17 years, 2 months ago

Bhutto killers to be unmasked soon: Police

Hindustan Times  

Pakistani police have "penetrated" the network of terrorists involved in the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto last month and will soon expose those responsible for her murder, a top police official has said. HT Image Rawalpindi's police chief Saud Aziz said the country "will soon hear news about the uncovering of the culprits involved" in the assassination. Aziz's comments …

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