Aamir Hamza’s murder: Amir Hamza, a retired Brigadier of the Pakistan Army and an important operative of the ISI, has been killed. According to Pakistani media reports, the killing took place in Jhelum district on Monday. Four unidentified assailants opened fire on Hamza’s car. All these attackers were riding a motorcycle and fled from the spot after the attack. Hamza’s wife Safia and daughter Muskan were also in the car at the time of the attack. Both were also injured in this attack. The attack was witnessed by Hamza’s brother Mohammad Ayub, who was following him in another car. He has filed a police complaint. Pakistan police have said that Hamza has no personal enmity with anyone and that the attackers did not loot anything from the car. According to Pakistani police, this is a target killing.
Sujawa army camp was attacked
Aamir Hamza’s killing is a good news for India. This former Pakistani Army Brigadier and ISI operative was a terrorist leader in the eyes of Indian intelligence agencies. He was the mastermind of the 2018 Sujwa Army Camp attack in Jammu and Kashmir. Six Indian soldiers were killed and over a dozen injured in the attack on the Sujawa army camp.
Khawaja Shahid was also killed
Aamir Hamza is not the first Pakistani to be killed in this manner. There have been many such target killing incidents in Pakistan in recent times. However, the interesting thing about this is that those who have been killed are somehow related to the terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir. Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Khwaja Shahid alias Mian Mujahid was killed in November last year. His body was found near LOC in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. His head was separated from his body. Shahid was also involved in the Sujwa army camp attack. Indian agencies believe so.
Pathankot also got justice
Another Pakistani named Adnan Ahmed was killed in December last year. Another name of Adnan Ahmed was Abu Hanzala. Hanjala was a top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander and had carried out several attacks on army convoys in Jammu and Kashmir. In October 2023 itself, another terrorist of Jaish-e-Mohammed, Shahid Latif, was killed in a mosque in Sialkot. Shahid Latif was the mastermind behind the 2016 Fidayeen attack on the Pathankot Airbase.
Blame India for its mistakes
Pakistan has questioned Indian agencies for such killings in its own country. In a press conference in January this year, Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Mohammad Cyrus Sajjad accused India of killings on Pakistani soil. According to a report, there have been around 20 such murders since 2020. The basis of Pakistan’s apprehension is that the person killed was involved in terrorist activities against India. India has completely rejected Pakistan’s allegation and said it has no such policy and does not carry out such killings.