LeT co-founder Amir Hamza injured, undergoing treatment in Pakistani hospital
Co-founder of banned terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT), Amir Hamza, was critically injured at his residence in Lahore and currently undergoing treatment at a hospital, media report said.
Sources familiar with the matter confirmed to India Today that Hamza, one of LeT's 17 founding members, sustained injuries due to an accident inside his home.
No official statement regarding Hamza's physical condition has been revealed by Pakistani officials.
Who Is Amir Hamza?
Amir Hamza was born on May 10, 1959.
A veteran Afghan mujahideen, he reportedly distanced himself from LeT in 2018 and founded a splinter group named Jaish-e-Manqafa.
As of 2011, Amir Hamza, a member of LET's central advisory committee, actively maintained LET's relationships with other groups under the direction of LET emir Hafiz Muhammad Saeed.
Hamza has led an LET-associated charity and, as of 2010, was also an officer and member of an LET university trust that was led by Saeed.
Hamza's responsibilities as of mid-2010 also included publishing propaganda on behalf of LET.
Hamza has served as editor of an LET weekly newspaper and, as of mid-2011, he was contributing articles to the LET publication.
He was also one of three LET leaders to negotiate the release of detained LET members as of mid-2010.
Hamza served as the head of LET's "special campaigns" department as of mid-2009.
Top LeT Operative Saifullah Khalid Killed In Sindh
Top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Saifullah Khalid, who is accused of having orchestrated several terror attacks in India, was killed in Pakistan's Sindh province, media reports said.
He was attacked by some unknown assailants, reported India Today.
Khalid was reportedly behind the 2001 CRPF camp assault in Rampur, the 2005 Indian Science Congress (ISC) attack in Bangalore, and the 2006 attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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