Overview
- Bilal Arif Salafi was shot and stabbed shortly after Eid prayers inside Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Markaz Taiba complex in Muridke, according to multiple reports.
- Accounts diverge between claims that unidentified assailants forced their way in and reports that relatives carried out the attack and were arrested.
- A new report from WION names fellow operative Ghazi Ubaidullah Khan and his wife as the attackers and cites a years-old personal grudge, a claim not corroborated by authorities.
- Salafi is widely described as a key recruiter and ideologue at the Muridke hub, with some outlets adding roles in logistics, financing and cadre mobilisation.
- Videos purporting to show the aftermath have circulated online without independent verification as investigators examine possible internal infighting or a family dispute.