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Pakistan misusing social media to lure boys to terrorism: IGP

Announcing arrest of three terrorists alive during a counter-insurgency operation in the Kund area of South Kashmir, the IGP (Kashmir)…

Pakistan misusing social media to lure boys to terrorism: IGP

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Announcing arrest of three terrorists alive during a counter-insurgency operation in the Kund area of South Kashmir, the IGP (Kashmir) Munir Khan on Thursday said that Pakistan was aggressively misusing the social media to brainwash young boys and lure them towards terrorism.

Khan told media persons that one of the arrested terrorist was injured during an encounter earlier this week in the forests of Kulgam district.

The Operation against terrorists was launched on 14 November in which one Army soldier and a terrorist lost their life.He said that Pakistan was recruiting terrorists from Kashmir through social media campaign.

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The IGP said that two more terrorists were believed to be still hiding in the forest area as a result of which the search operation by the security forces was continuing.He identified the arrested terrorists as Atta Mohammad Malik, Shams-ul-Waqar and Bilal Sheikh. Malik was undergoing treatment in the hospital as he was injured during the encounter.

It is worth mentioning that the security forces had last month also arrested three terrorists at different places of North and South Kashmir.

Sources told the SNS that many young boys in terrorism were desperate to surrender as the security forces have stepped up the Operation against the terror outfits.

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