He also invited other people to come to their funeral prayers
Reports from PTI stated that Maulana Masood Azhar, the chief of Jaish-e Mohammad claimed that 10 members from his family and four of his aides were killed in India’s targeted airstrikes which were under Operation Sindoor to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack.
A statement was attributed to Azhar, which says about his family members who lost their lives and were killed in one of the strikes. This was a strike on JeM headquarters – Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah in Bahawalpur. This includes his elder sister, her husband, a nephew and his wife, a niece and five children from the extended family.
“Ten members of my family were blessed with this happiness together tonight… five are innocent children, my elder sister, her honorable husband. My scholar Fazil bhanje (nephew) and his wife and my beloved scholar Fazilah (bhanji) … my dear brother Huzaifah and his mother. Two more dear companions,” Azhar said.
He said that these family members he has lost have become guests of Allah. He also invited other people to come to their funeral prayers.
“Rather, it comes to my heart again and again that I too would have joined this fourteen-member happy caravan,” he said, saying that he has “neither regret nor despair.”
“Time for their departure had come, but the Lord did not kill them,” he added.
Azhar Mahmood has been behind many terror attacks in India. This includes the 2001 Parliament attack, the 2008 Mumbai attacks, 2016 Pathankot attack and the 2019 Pulwama attack.
He has been listed as an international terrorist by the UN Security Council.
India launched 24 missiles at nine terrorist sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir. Over 70 terrorists were killed and over 60 people were injured in the strikes.
It was stated that the effect of the strikes was limited to targeted compounds and spots after the operation was undertaken and done.
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