New Delhi, October 21: Another terrorist involved in anti-India activities Dawood Malik, considered a close aide of wanted terrorist Maulana Masood Azhar, was shot dead on Pakistan soil by unknown gunmen, reports said. According to reports in Pakistani media, Malik, termed a tribal elder, was shot dead by unknown assailants in Pakistan's North Waziristan.

Police said that it was a targeted attack carried out by unknown masked men in Mirali area of the North Waziristan tribal district on Friday morning. Malik was targeted by masked men at a private clinic and the assailants managed to escape after the attack. Shahid Latif Shot Dead in Pakistan: Pathankot Attack Mastermind and Jaish-E-Mohammed Terrorist Gunned Down by Unidentified Assailants in Mosque in Sialkot.

Malik is said to be the founder of Lashkar-e-Jabbar and also a close aide of one of India's most wanted terrorists Azhar. The fresh incident raises questions of a war among the terrorist organisations that are functional in Pakistan. In last few weeks, several terrorists wanted in India have been gunned down in Pakistan by unknown gunmen. Pakistan Shocker: Man Transporting Betel Nuts Shot Dead by Karachi Police, Probe Launched After Protests.

On October 11, Shahid Latif, one of India's most wanted terrorists and also a key conspirator in the 2016 Pathankot terror attack case was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Pakistan's Sialkot. On October 1, Mufti Qaiser Farooq, a former member of Lashkar-e-Taiba and a close associate of Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind behind the 26/11 attacks, was also killed in Pakistan. The incident bears a striking resemblance to the murder of another cleric, Maulana Ziaur Rahman, with ties to Lashkar-e-Taiba.

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