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Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday arrested 8 terrorists belonging to terror outfit Lashkar-E-Taiba from Sopore District. Reports suggest that these terrorists were working as overground worjers of LeT. They were reportedly threatening local traders against opening their shops in the aftermath of nullification of Article 370.
These terrorists were distributing and pasting pamphlets filled with threats. The posters warned shopkeepers and traders and other businessmen against reopening their businesses.
Sopore Police is also investigating the complicity of these terrorists in the recent killing of civilians in the area. Police have also recovered the computers and other accessories used in drafting and publishing of posters.
The eight terrorist associates were identified as Aijaz Mir, Omar Mir, Tawseef Najar, Imitiyaz Najar, Omar Akbar, Faizan Latief, Danish Habib and Showkat Ahmad Mir.
Media reports say that the 8 individuals are the same people who were involved in a terror attack on Dangerpora area of Sopore district.
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