A mosque in Pakistan was targeted by gunmen who opened fire on the congregation, resulting in the deaths of two, one of whom was a member of an outlawed anti-India militant organization.
A pair of gunmen walked into a mosque in eastern Pakistan on Wednesday and opened fire at the worshippers, killing a member of an outlawed anti-India militant group and another man before fleeing the scene, authorities said. According to the police, the gunmen pretended to be worshipers when they walked into the mosque in Daska, a city in eastern Punjab province.
129 MUSLIMS ARRESTED IN PAKISTAN FOLLOWING MOB ATTACKS ON CHURCHES, HOMES OF MINORITY CHRISTIANS CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP New Delhi has blamed Jaish-e-Mohammad for multiple past attacks in India, including the 2016 attack when seven soldiers were killed at a base in the town of Pathankot in northern India. New Delhi officials did not immediately comment on the attack. Media reports in India have said that Latif was sought over the Pathankot attack.
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