Srinagar, July 29 -- Security forces achieved a major success when they killed three top terrorists, including the mastermind of the Pahalgam terror attack, in an encounter at Harwan in Srinagar.

Identified as Suleiman Shah alias Hashim Musa, a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, he was the mastermind of the April 22 terror attack that shook the nation. Two other terrorists have been identified as Abu Hamza and Yasir. Yasir, who are also believed to be involved in the Pahalgam attack.

Security sources have confirmed that Shah was among the terrorists killed in the encounter this morning. Suleiman served in the Pakistan Army and was also known as Hashim Moosa. In the aftermath of the terror attack at Pahalgam's Baisaran Valley, the Jammu and Kash...