The extraordinary moment a whole village stopped to bury a dead militant: Hundreds of Muslim Kashmiris pause to pray for suspected terrorist killed by Indian security services
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2844386/Hundreds-Muslim-Kashmiris-pause-pray-suspected-terrorist-killed-Indian-security-services.html
- Shiraz Ahmed is one of three suspected rebels killed in a gunbattle with government forces in South Kashmir
- The three men were thought to be members of the militant Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
- LeT is fighting against Indian control in Kashmir and believed to be responsible for the 2008 attacks in Mumbai
A
series of extraordinary photos show how hundreds of Kashmiri villagers
who turned out for the funeral of suspected terrorist Shiraz Ahmed, who
was killed in a gunbattle with government forces.
Relatives
sobbed while other mourners covered their faces in grief, as the
funeral procession moved through the village of Panjran, 28 miles south
of Srinagar in India.
Three
suspected rebels were killed on November 20, during an encounter with
security forces in Tral area of Pulwama district in South Kashmir.
Hundreds of Kashmiri villagers turned
out for the funeral of suspected terrorist Shiraz Ahmed, killed in a
gunbattle with government forces
Mourners watch as the funeral procession moves through the village of Panjran, 28 miles to the south of Srinagar in India
The
men were thought to be members of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT),
the militant group India believes is responsible for the 2008 attack on
Mumbai that killed 166 people.
According
to local reports, police said Ahmed transported militants, who were
involved in the killing of Assistant Sub Inspector Farooq Ahmad.
The reports state Ahmed had been studying journalism in Islamic University of Science and Technology.
'It
was his fourth semester while recently he had rejected a government
job,' his father Muhammad Sultan told the Kashmir Dispatch.
Ahmed was thought to be a member of
Lashkar-e-Taiba, the militant group India believes is responsible for
the 2008 attack in Mumbai
Relatives sob as the suspected rebel is carried through the village in a funeral procession that was watched by hundreds
Muslim Kashmiris prey before the body
of suspected terrorist Shiraz Ahmed, killed in clashes with government
forces in south Kashmir
'We
are well off and are a part of fruit industry', he added. 'I failed to
understand what prompted my son to join militant ranks when I was
providing him every comfort of life.'
Kashmir,
India's only Muslim majority state, is divided between India and
Pakistan and claimed by both. The two countries fought two of their
three wars since independence in 1947 over the Himalayan region.
Lashkar-e-Taiba
(translated as Soldiers of the Pure) is one of the most militant groups
fighting against Indian control in Kashmir and believed to be
responsible for a number of deadly attacks both in the Muslim region and
across India.
The extraordinary photographs show hundreds of men and women who attended the funeral in the suspected rebel's village
Ahmed was one of three suspected rebels were killed on November 20 during an encounter with security forces in South Kashmir
Kashmir, India's only Muslim majority state, is divided between India and Pakistan and claimed by both countries
Kashmiri Muslim villagers carry the body of suspected militant Shiraz Ahmed during his funeral in Panjran in Pulwama District
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