Hafiz Abdul Salam Bhuttavi was also a major conspirator in the 26/11 attacks, and according to the UNSC, he passed away in May 2023 from a cardiac arrest.
The explosion happened at a bus stand near a Shiv Mandir in the Surankote area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir. Though there were no casualties, the impact was so severe that it created a crater on the ground and left holes and marks on the temple walls.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has drawn a parallel between the terrorist attacks by Lashkar-e-Taiba in Mumbai and Hamas in Israel, emphasising that all acts of terrorism are "unlawful and unjustifiable."