Hizbul Mujahideen "poster boy" Burhan Wani shot dead by security forces
Q. Burhan Wani was known as the Poster Boy of which terrorist group?- Published on 11 Jul 16a. Hizbul Mujahideen
b. Indian Mujahideen
c. Students Islamic Movement of India
d. Taliban
ANSWER: Hizbul Mujahideen
Wani was shot dead by security forces along with two accomplices at Kokernag area.
- The son of a headmaster and a school dropout, he was allegedly involved in brainwashing several local boys to join terrorist groups.
- Burhan shot to fame with a series of videos and pictures on social media sites asking youths to become militants.
- He was a resident of Tral in the outskirts of Srinagar.
- He was considered the Poster Boy of the Hizbul Mujahideen group whom he joined at the age of 15 years.
- He introduced tech savvy terrorists who used social media to recruit youngsters.
