India's precision strike on Markaz Taiba , Lashkar-e-Taiba 's (LeT) training centre in Muridke of Pakistan's Punjab, has turned the facility into rubble.
The visuals obtained by news agency Reuters show the terror infrastructure completely damaged after the strikes by Indian forces.
According to Usman Jaleesm, additional deputy commissioner of Sheikhupura district under which Muridke falls, India targeted the Lashkar premises with four attacks in a span of less than 10 minutes, destroying four buildings.
Jaleesm said, "Around midnight, the first two missiles were fired by India in the premises, and the other two attacks were carried out after a brief gap. The four attacks were carried out in less than ten minutes. Four buildings have been demolished, one is the admin block and the mosque, and additionally two residences."
Another local resident said, "Fear spread among the people, people went out into the fields, into open spaces, this is how the night passed in fear."
India, on early Wednesday, launched precision strikes at the terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in response to the Pahalgam terrorist attack. Under " Operation Sindoor ," nine sites, including Markaz Taiba, were targeted and successfully hit.
Of the nine sites, four are in Pakistan and five in PoK. The targets, linked to LeT, Jaish-e-Mohammed and Hizbul Mujahideen, were hit with meticulous planning to avoid civilian casualties.
Markaz Taiba
The Markaz Taiba in Muridke, is the most important training centre of LeT. The complex holds arms and physical training facilities, as well as "dawa'h" and radicalisation for terror entities both from within Pakistan and abroad.
It enrols around 1,000 students in different courses annually. All the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, including Ajmal Kasab, were imparted "Daura-e-Ribbat'" (intelligence training) at this facility. David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the prime conspirators of the Mumbai attacks, had visited Muridke on the instructions of terrorist Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Lashkar's co-founder.
Rana was recently extradited from the United States to India.
The visuals obtained by news agency Reuters show the terror infrastructure completely damaged after the strikes by Indian forces.
According to Usman Jaleesm, additional deputy commissioner of Sheikhupura district under which Muridke falls, India targeted the Lashkar premises with four attacks in a span of less than 10 minutes, destroying four buildings.
Jaleesm said, "Around midnight, the first two missiles were fired by India in the premises, and the other two attacks were carried out after a brief gap. The four attacks were carried out in less than ten minutes. Four buildings have been demolished, one is the admin block and the mosque, and additionally two residences."
#WATCH | Visuals from Muridke, Pakistan show the terror hotbed in rubble following Indian missile strikes.
— ANI (@ANI) May 8, 2025
(Source: Reuters) pic.twitter.com/ajKwMRLzrR
#WATCH | Muridke, Pakistan: Sheikhupura District Additional Deputy Commissioner, Usman Jalees says "Around midnight, two missiles were fired by India in the premises and the other two attacks were carried out after a brief gap, and the whole four attacks were carried out in less… pic.twitter.com/zyBbGSIv27
— ANI (@ANI) May 8, 2025
Another local resident said, "Fear spread among the people, people went out into the fields, into open spaces, this is how the night passed in fear."
India, on early Wednesday, launched precision strikes at the terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in response to the Pahalgam terrorist attack. Under " Operation Sindoor ," nine sites, including Markaz Taiba, were targeted and successfully hit.
Of the nine sites, four are in Pakistan and five in PoK. The targets, linked to LeT, Jaish-e-Mohammed and Hizbul Mujahideen, were hit with meticulous planning to avoid civilian casualties.
Markaz Taiba
The Markaz Taiba in Muridke, is the most important training centre of LeT. The complex holds arms and physical training facilities, as well as "dawa'h" and radicalisation for terror entities both from within Pakistan and abroad.
It enrols around 1,000 students in different courses annually. All the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, including Ajmal Kasab, were imparted "Daura-e-Ribbat'" (intelligence training) at this facility. David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the prime conspirators of the Mumbai attacks, had visited Muridke on the instructions of terrorist Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Lashkar's co-founder.
Rana was recently extradited from the United States to India.
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