SRINAGAR, India—The mastermind behind a 2019 attack that killed 40 Indian paramilitary troops has been killed in a shootout with security forces, Indian police in Kashmir said on Saturday.
Mohammad Ismail Alvi, the commander of terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammad, or the Army of Mohammed, was killed south of the regional capital Srinagar, Vijay Kumar, the police chief of Kashmir told Reuters.
