Islamabad: Pathankot terror attack mastermind Shahid Latif killed. Shahid Latif was killed by unknown assailants in Pakistan. NIA had charged Shahid Latif with UAPA. Reportedly, Shahid was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Pakistan’s Sialkot on Wednesday.
Latif was arrested in India in November 1994 under UAPA. Then he was jailed. Later in 2010, he was deported to Pakistan via Wagah. In 1999, Latif was also accused in the Indian Airlines plane hijacking case.
41-year-old Shahid Latif is a member of banned terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and mastermind of the Pathankot attack launched on January 2, 2016. He was the one who coordinated the attack from Sialkot and sent four JeM terrorists to Pathankot to carry out the attack.
