A joint team of security forces on Friday gunned down two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists in the Warpora area of Sopore in Baramulla district.
The operation was launched late Thursday evening on the basis of a specific intelligence input about the presence of terrorists in the Warpora area of Sopore.
The slain terrorists were involved in a number of attacks on civilians including the one that killed four innocent civilians and a policeman in Sopore on 12 June 2021.
According to a police spokesman, "both the terrorists have been identified as Fayaz Ahmad War @Rukana @Umar son of Gh Mohi-Ud-Din War resident of Warpora a top commander of proscribed terror outfit LeT and Shaheen Ahmad Mir @Shaheen Molvi son of Mohd Kamal Mir resident of Cherpora Budgam".
According to a police spokesman,Fayaz Ahmad War had a long history of terror crime cases, as he was associated with terrorism since year 2008.
Although he had surrendered earlier with arms & ammunition yet after his release he again worked as terrorist associate for proscribed terror outfit HM and was detained under PSA. However after his release, in March-2020 he again joined terrorist ranks of proscribed terror outfit LeT. Besides being part of groups involved in several terror crime cases, he was very instrumental in planning and executing terror attacks on security establishments and civilian killings and figured among the list of most wanted terrorists in North Kashmir.
As per the police records, the LeT Commander was the last active terrorist who perpetrated a series of various terror crimes and violence in North Kashmir, He was also involved in a series of grenade attacks on Police/Security establishments in Sopore.