Terrorist killed in encounter found draped with ISIS flag
He said Lone was involved in attacks on CRPF battalion headquarters at Tral Bala.
The recovery of a terrorist's body draped in an Islamic State flag has raised concerns in the Valley. One of the bodies of the three terrorists killed in an encounter at Pulwama was covered with an ISIS flag. Further investigations in this regard are on.
A police spokesman said two of the terrorists killed yesterday in Satoora forest area of Tral were locals while the third was a foreigner.
The
two
locals
have
been
identified
as
Mukhtar
Ahmad
Lone
alias
Gazi
Umer,
a
resident
of
Amirabad
Tral,
and
Parvaiz
Ahmad
Mir,
a
resident
of
Pahoo
Pulwama,
the
spokesman
said.
He
said
both
of
them
were
involved
in
a
number
of
terror
activities.
Lone
was
involved
in
many
grenade
attacks
on
CRPF
and
police,
the
spokesman
said.
He
said
Lone
was
involved
in
attacks
on
CRPF
battalion
headquarters
at
Tral
Bala
in
which
two
personnel
were
injured,
CRPF
camp
at
Lariyal
Tral
in
which
10
CRPF
personnel
were
injured,
Army
camp
at
Panzoo
Tral,
and
police
post
at
Aripal
in
which
one
CRPF
person
was
injured.
He said Mir, along with four other persons, was involved in the murder of one Mushtaq Ahmad Kuchay, a resident of Rakh Lajoora in the year 2010. Mir was in judicial custody in the case.
During the trial, the court released him in March and later he joined the militant ranks, the spokesman said.
He said three AK rifles and other ammunition were also recovered from the encounter site.
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