 He is the third prominent separatist leader to have been killed after the eruption of 1989 armed struggle against Indian government in Jammu and Kashmir

With his death, Aziz emerged as new ‘martyr’ of Kashmiri Right to Self-Determination in league with Maqbool Bhat and caused a serious blow to the Kashmir conflict.Sheikh Abdul Aziz was born in 1952 in Namblabal, district Pampore close to the capital city Srinagar.He was of Arab ancestry whose ancestors had migrated from outside to Kashmir.