Amarnath terror mastermind Abu Ismail killed, was planning big attack

LeT commander Abu Ismail had masterminded the deadly attack on Amarnath yatra pilgrims in July

Abu Ismail, the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander who masterminded the deadly attack on Amarnath yatra pilgrims in July, was killed by security forces in Srinagar on Thursday along with another Pakistani terrorist, police said. 

The two were gunned down after a brief encounter that saw the duo running for their lives. 

According to a Firstpost report that cited a senior police official, a recently arrested militant had revealed information about the Amarnath Yatra attack mastermind's plans for another attack. This information was used to trap the LeT militant. "The police had previous information that Ismail was planning a big attack and that is