Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Bilal Arif Salafi was reportedly shot and stabbed to death inside Markaz Taiba, Muridke, in Pakistan by unidentified people. The attack took place moments after Eid prayers.
Videos from the spot show panic following the incident and a bloodied Salafi lying on the ground as people try to pick him up. The motive behind the killing is yet to be known.
Reports suggest that Salafi was shot dead by a gunman and was stabbed by woman to ensure he is dead. He was later rushed to hospital but didn’t survive.
Reportedly, Bilal Arif Salafi was a high-ranking commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba. Posts on social media claim that he was the primary recruiter at the Muridke centre, responsible for identifying and radicalising youth from across Pakistan to join the “Kashmir Jihad”. He allegedly used Markaz Taiba as a base to provide ideological training.
