Peshawar’s Army Public School (APS) massacre mastermind Umar Mansur has been confirmed killed in a drone strike, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday.
DG ISPR Lt Gen Asim Bajwa said in a Tweet that commander Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan called army chief General Raheel Sharif to confirm the news.
Comd RSM called #COAS, confirmed death of terrorist Umar Narai alias Khalifa Umar,also alias Khalid Khurasani through drone strike in Afgn
— Gen Asim Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) July 13, 2016
“Comd RSM called COAS, confirmed death of terrorist Umar Narai alias Khalifa Umar,also alias Khalid Khurasani through drone strike in Afghanistan,” read the Tweet.
A drone strike in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on July 9 reportedly killed Umar Mansur, along with four others.
Mansur, alias Aurangzeb, was a member of the Tariq Geedar Group responsible for the 144 deaths in the Army Public School, the Peshawar Airport and the Bacha Khan University.
