Zakir Musa: India’s ‘most wanted’ militant killed in Kashmir

Zakir Musa, described as “India’s most wanted” militant, has been killed in Indian-administered Kashmir, the army has confirmed.

The army said that he was shot dead after they trapped him inside a house in south Kashmir’s Tral district.

Musa split from the Hizbul Mujahideen, one of the largest groups fighting Indian rule in Kashmir, and declared his allegiance to al-Qaeda in 2017.

His killing has already brought protests in the Muslim-majority state.

Zakir Musa, whose real name is Zakir Rashid Bhat, was a close aide of Burhan Wani, a charismatic Kashmiri militant leader, whose killing by security forces in 2016 sparked widespread protests. More than 100 civilians lost their lives during four months of clashes with security forces in the Kashmir valley that year…….read more

Source: BBC