And when he was killed in an encounter in Shopian, it is the biggest blow to Hizbul Mujahideen. And when he was killed in an encounter in Shopian, it is the biggest blow to Hizbul Mujahideen. Just three days later, Yatoo along with eight other Hizb militants, assembled in Awneera village in Shopian for a meeting. Unlike the new type of Kashmiri militants, Yatoo was an old hand. “He was the anchor of the entire Hizbul Mujahideen activities and the only top commander who was preventing cadre from coming under Zakir Musa influence”.

Source: Indian Express August 14, 2017 09:05 UTC