Karachi: A terrorist accused in the Kandahar hijacking incident has been shot dead. Jaish Muhammad terrorist Zahoor Mistry was killed. The incident took place on March 1 in Karachi, Pakistan. It is not clear who was behind the murder.
He was under the protection of the ISI. The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a restaurant owned by Crescent Furniture. Two masked men opened fire on Zahoor Mistry at Point Blank.
He was nicknamed the Doctor. He was one of five people who took part in the Kandahar hijacking. He killed a passenger by stabbing him in the neck during a hijacking. He was later searched for but could not be apprehended.
Meanwhile, the Pakistani media reported that Zahoor Mistry’s murder was the result of a businessman being shot dead by unknown assailants.
In 1999, an Air India flight carrying 180 passengers from Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal to Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport was hijacked by terrorists. Harkatul Mujahideen, a Pakistani militant group, was behind the attack.
Rangel was after the plane entered Indian airspace. The Ranchi flight landed at Lahore, Amritsar and Dubai and then landed at Kandahar airport. The seven-day ranch drama ended after the release of three militants from Indian jails.