Pakistan: Gunmen Kill Lashkar Terrorist And Udhampur Attack Mastermind Hanzla Adnan In Karachi

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Hanzla Adnan, as per media reports, was shot outside his house on the intervening nights of December 2 and 3. Adnan is widely known to share a close connection with LeT chief Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.

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Updated on: 6 December 2023 7:39 am

Lashkar terrorist and Udhampur attack mastermind Hanzla Adnan

In Pakistan's Karachi, unknown gunmen killed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Hanzla Adnan, the man behind the brutal attack on a BSF (Border Security Force) convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur in 2015. Adnan was widely known to share a close connection with LeT chief Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.

All about the incident

Hanzla Adnan was shot outside his house on the intervening nights of December 2 and 3. It has been reported that four bullets were found in his body.

As per media reports, the LeT terrorist was secretly taken to a hospital in Karachi by the Pakistani army where he succumbed to his injuries on December 5.

Udhampur attack

Back in 2015, Hanzla Adnan masterminded an attack on a BSF convoy in Udhampur which got 2 BSF jawans killed while 13 others sustained injuries.

Moreover, Adnan is known for coordinating a terror attack on a CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pampore area in 2016 which claimed the lives of 8 CRPF soldiers and injured 22 others.

According to sources, Hanzla Adnan was sent to a LeT camp in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir to motivate the newly-recruited terrorists. He was backed by Pakistan's intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and the Pakistan army to infiltrate India and carry out terror attacks.