Conspiracy to kill Bukhari was hatched in Pakistan: Police
Srinagar, June 28: The Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Thursday that the conspiracy to kill noted Kashmiri journalist Shujaat Bukhari was hatched in Pakistan and that the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) carried out the crime.
Inspector General of Police S.P. Pani told the media: "This terror crime was done by LeT and the conspiracy was hatched in Pakistan."
Giving details, the police chief of the Kashmir Valley said: "Investigation has established that there was a campaign in certain social media platform against Shujaat Bukhari spreading hate campaign, malicious and intimidating...
"With the cooperation of service providers, tangible evidence has been collected that the individual behind the hate campaign belongs to LeT terrorist organization and all the content on social media was posted from Pakistan."
Pani said the person associated with publishing malicious articles against Bukhari was a Sheikh Sajad Gul alias Ahmad Khalid of Srinagar who is associated with the LeT and presently in Pakistan.
Police had issued pictures of three bike-borne individuals fleeing from the crime scene after gunning down Bukhari, editor of "Rising Kashmir" English daily, on June 14.
The identity of the accused was given as Muzaffar Ahmad alias Talha of Qazigund, who has been active since January 2018, Naveed Jatt alias Hanzullah of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, who had escaped from judicial custody, and Azad Ahmad Malik alias Dada of Bijbehara, who has been active since December 2016.
Bukhari was killed along with two of his security guards in Press Enclave area of Srinagar city.
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US intelligence flags possible Chinese support to Iran
Washington: The United States has gathered intelligence suggesting that China may be considering providing financial assistance, spare parts and missile components to Iran, according to a report by CNN citing people familiar with the matter.
The Times of India reported that the development follows a separate claim that Russia has been supplying Iran with real-time intelligence on the locations of US military assets in the Middle East, including warships and aircraft, which could potentially allow Tehran to target American forces during the ongoing conflict.
A source quoted by TOI, in the report said China appeared cautious in its approach. “China is more cautious in its support. It wants the war to end because it endangers their energy supply,” the source said. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, however, said Russia and China were “not really a factor” in the war involving Iran.
Neither the Central Intelligence Agency nor the United States Department of Defense has commented on the reports about possible Russian and Chinese assistance to Iran.
Russia has publicly called for an end to the conflict. It described the conflict as an “unprovoked act of armed aggression," while the Russian embassy in Washington, DC did not respond to a request for comment from The Washington Post.
The reported intelligence sharing also points to evolving alignments among US adversaries.
During the Russia-Ukraine War, Iran, China and North Korea have provided different forms of military or material support to Russia, while the United States has supplied Ukraine with weapons and intelligence to assist its forces.
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