Top Lashkar, Hizb militants killed in mosque gunfight

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November 04, 2004 19:29 IST

Two top commanders of Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen were among the five militants killed in Wednesday's gunfight with security forces in a mosque in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said.

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The LeT militant was identified as district commander Adil Khan. His two Pakistani accomplices, Majid Hamza and Baba Ali, were also killed when a crack team stormed the mosque.

The Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militants were identified as battalion commander Javid Ahmad Mir of Kawni village and a local, Jehangir.

Mir was a Pakistan-trained militant, sources said, while Jehangir had joined the outfit only a few days back.

 

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