Lashkar-e-Taiba claims responsibility for Uri attack
Posters announcing that the militant group will be holding last rites in absentia for one of the four terrorists who attacked Uri in Gujranwala town of Pakistan.
"Posters have appeared in Gujranwala town announcing that the Lashkar-e-Taiba will be holding last rites in absentia for one of the four terrorists who attacked the Indian Army’s 12 Brigade at Uri, killing 20 soldiers and sparking off the worst India-Pakistan crisis in years," The Indian Express reported.
India had earlier claimed that the attacks were carried out by the Pakistan-based militant group.
Pakistan,however, denied the claims.
The Indian News paper in its report claimed: "The posters name one perpetrator as Gujranwala resident Muhammad Anas, who operated under the alias Abu Siraqa."
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