Srinagar, Sept 11: Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Toiba outfit has claimed that its group Abul-Qasim, formed to sabotage Jammu and Kashmir elections, killed state minister Mushtaq Ahmad Lone at an election rally in Kupwara district today.
"The attack was carried out by our Abul-Qasim group, comprising of local Kashmiri militants," Mohammad Shakeel, a LeT spokesman told the Kashmir press service, a local news agency.
A 15-year-old Kashmiri boy, Abu Vikas, carried out the attack with the help of other members of the group, the spokesman said.
Earlier, a little-known militant outfit 'al Arifeen squad' claimed responsibility for the attack.

Bureau Report