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Islamabad, Apr 16: Amir Hamza, a founding member of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), has been shot by unknown gunmen in Lahore. He\u2019s currently admitted to a hospital and said to be in a critical condition.
\nAccording to available information, unidentified attackers opened fire on him outside a news channel office in Lahore.
\nThis is the second time in less than a year when Hamza came under attack. Unknown men shot the terrorist outside his residence in Lahore last year in May, after which they rushed him to a hospital. Later, the Pakistani authorities reportedly heightened his security, though they did not comment on the incident.
\nWho Is Amir Hamza
\nBorn in 1959, Hamza is a veteran Afghan mujahideen who co-founded LeT, a US-designated terror group, along with terrorist Hafiz Saeed between 1985 and 1986. He has been linked to multiple terrorist activities in India and across the world.
\nRegarded as the second most important LeT leader after Saeed, Hamza has held several key positions within the terror group over the years and has been instrumental in shaping its propaganda wing and outreach campaigns. The United States Department of the Treasury lists him as a sanctioned terrorist.
\nAccording to the Treasury Department\u2019s 2012 statement, Hamza was part of LeT\u2019s central advisory committee and played a key role in managing the group\u2019s external relationships under the direct oversight of Saeed.
\nAs of 2010, Hamza also served in an LeT-affiliated charitable organisation and held a senior position in an LeT university trust overseen by Saeed.
\nSeen as a top LeT ideologue, the 66-year-old is known as a fiery speaker and a prolific writer and has also been actively involved in the dissemination of LeT\u2019s propaganda material. He edited the group\u2019s weekly newspaper and regularly contributed articles. He also wrote several books, including the 2022 publication of Qafila Da\u2019wat aur Shahadat (Caravan of Proselytising and Martydom) and headed LeT\u2019s \u201cspecial campaigns\u201d department, which coordinated specific outreach and mobilisation efforts.
\nIn mid-2010, Hamza was among three senior LeT terrorists who negotiated for the release of detained members of the organisation.
\nIn 2018, Hamza reportedly distanced himself from Lashkar after the Pakistani government\u2019s crackdown on LeT\u2019s funding channels through charities like Jamaat-ud-Dawah and Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation.
\nHe later founded a splinter group named Jaish-e-Manqafa and continued raising funds for the LeT and used the money to fund terror operations, including in Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n

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Islamabad, Apr 16: Amir Hamza, a founding member of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), has been shot by unknown gunmen in Lahore. He\u2019s currently admitted to a hospital and said to be in a critical condition. According to available information, unidentified attackers opened fire on him outside a news channel office in Lahore. 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