From New Delhi's Business Today, May 8:
Indian airstrikes have eliminated Abdul Rauf Azhar, operational chief of Jaish-e-Mohammed and a central conspirator in Pearl's 2002 kidnapping and murder.
India's Operation Sindoor has not only struck at the heart of Pakistan's terror infrastructure but also delivered what many see as long-overdue justice for American-Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl.
News18, citing sources, has reported that Indian airstrikes have eliminated Abdul Rauf Azhar, operational chief of Jaish-e-Mohammed and a central conspirator in Pearl's 2002 kidnapping and murder.
Rauf Azhar, younger brother of JeM founder Masood Azhar, was also the mastermind behind the 1999 IC-814 hijacking, which resulted in the release of Al-Qaeda operative Omar Saeed Sheikh. Sheikh would later go on to abduct and behead Daniel Pearl, a reporter with The Wall Street Journal, in a brutal execution that shocked the world.
On Wednesday, Indian forces executed a precision operation striking nine terrorist locations across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The Bahawalpur strike, which targeted JeM's Markaz Subhan Allah complex, reportedly killed Azhar and 10 members of Masood Azhar's family, including his sister and brother-in-law. The JeM chief later issued a statement confirming these deaths....
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Oddly, the Wall Street Journal does not have the story.
Here's their Daniel Pearl page:
https://www.wsj.com/news/author/daniel-pearl
No updates on Mr. Pearl or Abdul Rauf Azhar.
