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    Zakir Musa: Thousands mourn India's 'most wanted' militant

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    Thousands of people have attended the funeral of Zakir Musa, described as “'s most wanted” militant, who was killed in Indian-administered Kashmir.

    The said that Musa was shot dead on Thursday after they trapped him in a house in south Kashmir's Tral district.

    Musa split from the Hizbul Mujahideen, one of the largest groups fighting Indian rule in Kashmir, and declared his allegiance to al-Qaeda in 2017.

    His killing has already brought protests in the Muslim-majority state.

    Zakir Musa, whose real name is Zakir Rashid Bhat, was a close aide of Burhan Wani, a charismatic Kashmiri militant leader, whose killing by security forces in 2016 sparked widespread protests. More than 100 civilians lost their lives during four months of clashes with security forces in the Kashmir valley that year.

    Local media have said that Zakir Musa's death is the “biggest victory” for the Indian armed forces since the killing of Wani.

    It is unclear how many fighters were in his Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind group.

    The one-line army statement confirming his death read: “Op Dadasur (Pulwama). One terrorist killed. Terrorist identified as Zakir Musa. Weapons and warlike stores recovered. Operation over.”

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