Shahid Latif, a key aide of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar and the mastermind of the 2016 attack on the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot, and his brother were gunned down in a mosque in Pakistan's Sialkot district on Wednesday, officials said. Three men who came on a motorcycle fired indiscriminately at 53-year-old Latif and his brother, Haris Hashim, as they were leaving the Noor Madina mosque in Daska town after pre-dawn prayers, officials in the know of developments said.
Latif, who was accompanied by his heavily armed guards, and his brother were killed on the spot in the mosque complex.

According to an Associated Press report from Lahore, the gunmen pretended to be worshippers to enter the mosque complex. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but local police chief Hassan Iqbal said it appeared that Latif was intentionally targeted. The police chief did not provide further details, the AP report said.