Amjad Farooqi (; – September 26, 2004),
alias
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Amjad Hussain, was a
Pakistani militant who operated in
Indian-administered Kashmir
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,
Afghanistan
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and
Pakistan
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Background
Farooqi was believed to have been involved in the
1995 kidnapping of Western tourists in Jammu and Kashmir, and under the alias ''Mansur Hasnain'', was suspected to be one of the hijackers of
Indian Airlines Flight 814, which was rerouted to
Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in 1999.
He was allegedly involved in the murder of
American
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journalist
Daniel Pearl
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Pearl was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and rais ...
in 2002, and, along with
Abu Faraj al-Libbi
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, the assassination attempts on
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf
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on 14 and 25 December 2003. Farooqi was also suspected of having been an associate of
al-Qaeda
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terrorist
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
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.
Pakistani security forces launched a massive
manhunt
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for Farooqi and other terrorists in May 2004, and eventually cornered him in his safehouse in
Nawabshah
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,
Sindh
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, where he was subsequently killed following a two-hour-long gunfight.
Farooqi was a member of
Jaish-e-Mohammed, an
Islamic terrorist
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group that was founded by Pakistani militant
Masood Azhar
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following his release by
India
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as part of prisoner negotiations after the
Taliban
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's hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814 in December 1999.
References
External linksAMJAD FAROOQI: THE UNTOLD STORY
1972 births
2004 deaths
Deaths by firearm in Sindh
Fugitives
Fugitives wanted by Pakistan
People shot dead by law enforcement officers in Pakistan
Terrorism in Pakistan
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