Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki, one of many accused in 26/11 terror assault died of a coronary heart assault, PTI stated on Friday. Makki is the brother-in-law of Hafiz Saeed, mastermind behind the Mumbai assaults.
The banned organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) confirmed that their deputy chief had been unwell for days. In response to JuD, he was receiving therapy for prime diabetes at a personal hospital in Lahore.
“Makki suffered a cardiac arrest early this morning and he breathed his final within the hospital,” PTI quoted a JuD official.
Makki was designated as a world terrorist by the United Nations in 2023. This subjected him to an asset freeze, journey ban, and arms embargo. In 2020, an anti-terrorism court docket sentenced Makki to 6 months in jail for a terror financing case. Since then, he had maintained a low profile.
The Pakistan Mutahida Muslim League (PMML) referred to as Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki an advocate of Pakistan’s ideology in an announcement.
Final month marked 16 years because the 2008 Mumbai assaults. On December 26, Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists reached Mumbai by way of the ocean from Pakistan. They laid siege to town, killing over 100 folks.
In April, social media rumors claimed Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the assaults, was hospitalized resulting from sickness, reported The Financial Instances.
In January, Pakistan accused India of killing terrorists in Pakistan. India denied the allegations and referred to as them propaganda.