26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed lauds Pathankot attacks, warns India of more

On one hand when India is pushing Pakistan on Pathankot air base attacks, 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed lauded the attacks and warned India of more terror attacks.

The JuD chief accused Indian troops of committing "genocide" on Kashmiris and added "don't they have a right to carry out Pathankot-style attacks for their defence?"

"You have only seen one attack on Pathankot. Matters could easily escalate," said Saeed while addressing a rally in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Saeed lauded Kashmiri militant leader Syed Salahuddin, who heads the United Jihad Council (UJC) that had claimed responsibility for Pathankot attacks.

Saeed made an appearance on a talk show on Channel 24 on January 27. He glorified his organisation's "public welfare" works and talked about how India and the US were "pressuring" the Pakistani government to take action against organisations like the JuD and Jaish-e-Mohammad, which is believed to be behind the Pathankot attack.

Referring to the Pathankot terror attack, Saeed had dismissed the suggestion that the government was "patronising" some "non-state actors and banned organisations".

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