Pulwama Attack
Pulwama mastermind Hamza Burhan shot dead in PoK by unknown gunmen: Reports
New Delhi/IBNS: Hamza Burhan, one of the alleged masterminds behind the 2019 Pulwama attack, has reportedly been killed by unidentified assailants in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), according to media reports.
Burhan, who was designated a terrorist by the Indian government in 2022, was attacked by unknown gunmen in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, and reportedly shot multiple times.
The Pulwama Attack
On February 14, 2019, a suicide bombing in Pulwama killed 40 CRPF personnel in one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir.
The attack was carried out by 22-year-old Adil Ahmad Dar, a Jaish-e-Mohammed recruit, who rammed an explosive-laden SUV into a CRPF convoy.
The scale of the bombing shocked the country and triggered a major shift in India’s counter-terror strategy.
Balakot Airstrike Changed India’s Response Doctrine
Within days of the Pulwama attack, the Indian Air Force carried out airstrikes on a Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in Balakot inside Pakistani territory.
The operation marked the first time since 1971 that Indian fighter jets crossed the Line of Control for a direct offensive strike, signalling a new doctrine of calibrated military retaliation against terror infrastructure.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
