ISIS Khorasan Module behind Bhopal train blast: Here's all you need to know about them

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Bhopal: Several shocking details about the terror attack on Bhopal train accident are unfolding. As per NIA sources, the attack were carried out by Syria based ISIS Khorasan Module; of which 6 people have been nabbed so far. ISIS Khorasan Module:

• The module consists of senior Al-Qaeda members operating from Syria. The doesn’t have a large numbers of fighters

• The mastermind of the attack is GM Khan who was earlier working in the Air Force. As per sources, GM Khan educated the other members of the module about ISIS via books and texts. He also made an arrangement of weapons and the explosives that the module would require for the attack

• Khorasan Module also took responsibility of the attack on the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Pakistan which killed 75 people

• The module was first formed in 2012, it is being said that the module could pose a threat to the United States in future

• The term Khorasan is derived from historic region corresponding to parts of Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan