The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has confirmed the death of Hafiz Abdul Salam Bhuttavi, the founding member of Lashkar-e-Taiba and a key conspirator of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Bhuttavi served as the deputy to Hafiz Saeed, the designated terrorist and the mastermind of the Mumbai attacks.
The UNSC said in a press note that Bhuttavi died of cardiac arrest in May last year in Muridke in Pakistan’s Punjab province while he was under the custody of the Pakistan government.
The 26/11 Mumbai attacks IN 2008, lasted for over four days, killing more than 166 people.