Top LeT terrorist Abu Saifullah, responsible for multiple attacks in India, killed by unknown gunmen in Pakistan
Karachi, May 18 (UNI) Ghazi Abu Saifullah, a top commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit, responsible for multiple terror attacks in India, was shot dead by unknown gunmen in the Matli Chowk area of Badin district in Sindh Province of Pakistan on Sunday.
According to local reports, Saifullah, whose real name was Razaullah Nizamani was shot near his residence and he died on the spot.
He had also been provided with security.
Saifullah was involved in multiple terror attacks in India including the attack at a CRPF camp at Rampur in 2001 and the 2006 attack on the RSS headquarters in Nagpur.
The killing of Saifullah comes days after India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 under which in destroyed nine terror camps in Pakistan and POK, including of the LeT, following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 innocent people were brutally gunned down. The Pahalgam terror attack was owned by the LeT affiliated The Resistance Group.
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