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Sarabjit Singh's Killer Amir Sarfaraz Shot Dead By 'Unknown Gunmen' In Pakistan's Lahore
Sarabjit Singh (Pic Via Twitter)
Amir Sarfaraz Tamba, an accused in the murder of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh and an associate of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Sayeed, was killed by unidentified gunmen today (14 April) in Lahore.
The incident occurred in the Islampura area of Lahore where Tamba was targeted by motorcycle-borne assailants, PTI reported.
He was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition but succumbed to his injuries.
Tamba, born in Lahore in 1979, was accused in the 2013 attack on Sarabjit Singh inside the high-security Kot Lakhpat jail.
However, Sarfaraz was acquitted by a Pakistani court in 2018, citing "lack of evidence" against him.
Singh, who was serving a death sentence on charges of involvement in several bombings in Pakistan's Punjab province in 1990, a claim his family and Indian authorities denied, was assaulted by a group of prisoners wielding bricks and iron rods.
He fell into a coma and died nearly a week later due to a heart attack at Jinnah Hospital in Lahore.
The murder of Singh had escalated tensions between India and Pakistan, with allegations from the Indian side that Singh was the victim of a planned attack.
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