LAHORE: Mastermind of Sri Lankan cricket team attack in 2009 was killed on Sunday in National Army’s search operation in Afghanistan.
According to reports, Afghan National Army and NATO forces conducted an operation early morning in Surobi district of Paktika province.
The mastermind Qari Ajmal was killed during the operation whereas his three accomplices including banned outfit Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Hakeemullah group’s Nasir Wazeer were detained.
Qari Ajmal was a resident of Punjab and belong to Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group. One week before, TTP Khalid Sajna group’s spokesperson Azam Farooq was killed alongwith his son Irfan.
In August, three terrorists suspected of being behind the attack were killed by Lahore police during a shootout.
In June, six members of a banned outfit were indicted in the case by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC). The suspects included Obaidullah, Javed Anwar, Ibrahim Khalil, Abdul Wahab, Zubair and Adnan Arshad. The first three suspects are on bail, while others were behind bars.
