Azam Cheema (1953 – 28 February 2024) was a PakistaniLashkar-e-Taiba operative who masterminded2008 Mumbai attacks and11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings. In 2010, theUnited States Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against him just prior toBarack Obama's visit to India.[1][2] A citizen of Pakistan, he was described as intelligence chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba and has been specifically involved in teaching operatives bomb making skills and skills necessary to infiltrate India.[3]
Cheema was born inFaisalabad, Pakistan in 1953. He was sanctioned as aSpecially Designated Global Terrorist under theSpecially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List by the United States Department of the Treasury'sOffice of Foreign Assets Control; where his addresses are listed in Islamabad,Muzaffarabad andBahawalpur.[4] Cheema reportedly died from a heart attack in Pakistan, on 28 February 2024, at the age of 70.[5]
People listed initalics have died. | |
| Al-Qaeda members | |
| Held inGuantanamo Bay | |
| 2008 Mumbai attacks | |
| Others | |
| Wrongly accused | |
1 Currently imprisoned. 2 Released after serving sentence. | |
