Pakistanis and Kashmiri separatists on Twitter today hailed the slain terrorist Burhan Wani on his fourth death anniversary and vowed to ‘resist India’s occupation’ of Kashmir.
https://twitter.com/SH_aM_4/status/1280713914213453824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Pakistanis hailed him as a ‘martyr’. https://twitter.com/F_J_ISP/status/1280720584704503808?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwSome even referred to him as the racist communist homophobe leader ‘Che Guevara’.
https://twitter.com/BEEEEEEENISH/status/1280722858931417088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/SafiaAfaqi/status/1280706248816590848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Presumably Pakistani Twitter handles posing as Turkish women also tweeted hailing Burhan Wani. https://twitter.com/esbilgicreal/status/1280692830919364608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw One Sakibul with Bangladesh flag on his Twitter name claiming to be from Bangladesh also hailed Wani’s ‘sacrifice’. https://twitter.com/SakibulHoque8/status/1280564210078896128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Another Twitter handle claiming to be from Kashmir said how the killing of Wani gave birth to many other Wanis in the valley. https://twitter.com/lost_in_kashmir/status/1280516831988547585?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwBurhan Wani
In a fierce battle, Burhan Wani was eliminated by security forces on 8th July 2016 in the Kokernag area of the Anantnag district. For several years Burhan Wani had managed to stay away from the grasp of the security forces. Following his death, several people rushed to whitewash his image. Journalist Barkha Dutt termed him as a “son of school headmaster”. Former J&K CM Omar Abdullah was more worried about the aftermath of Wani’s death, instead of congratulating the army. Activist Kavita Krishnan, on the other hand, condemned the supposed “extrajudicial killing” of Wani.