Ummer Fayaz | |
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 Portrait of Fayaz | |
| Birth name | Ummer Fayaz Parray |
| Born | 8 June 1994 Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Died | 9 May 2017 (aged 22) Shopian district, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Allegiance |  India |
| Service |  Indian Army |
| Years of service | 2016–2017 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant |
| Unit | 2 Rajputana Rifles |
| Alma mater | Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Anantnag National Defence Academy Indian Military Academy |
Lieutenant Ummer Fayaz (8 June 1994 – 10 May 2017) was an Indian Army officer who was abducted and killed in May 2017 by Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, India.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He had been commissioned as a lieutenant in the Indian Army from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun on 10 December 2016, and was serving in the 2nd battalion, Rajputana Rifles.[7]
- ^ "Twitter outraged over killing of Army man in Shopian". The Statesman. 10 May 2017.
- ^ "'Brave boy, brilliant student': Family, friends remember Kashmiri army officer". Hindustan Times. 11 May 2017.
- ^ "LeT, Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists involved in killing of Ummer Fayaz identified". Times of India. 11 May 2017.
- ^ "Hizbul Mujahideen behind army officer Ummer Fayaz's killing: J-K police". Hindustan Times. 12 May 2017.
- ^ "The Killing Of Indian Army Officer Lieutenant Ummer Fayaz Indicates A New Kind Of Terrorism Emerging In Kashmir". Huffington Post. 10 May 2017.
- ^ "View from Kashmir Observer: Young army officer's killing shows how both sides have been brutalised". Scroll.in & Kashmir Observer. 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Army officer killed in Kashmir: Ummer Fayaz, 22, had been commissioned only 5 months ago - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. Retrieved 24 April 2018.