Reduced to rubble: India strikes alleged headquarters of militant groups in Pakistan's heartland

Police officers look at the Bilal Mosque, after it was hit by an Indian strike in Muzaffarabad, on May 7, 2025. - Photo: Reuters

MURIDKE, (Pakistan): Video footage from the early hours of Wednesday (May 7) shows a bright flash from the residential Islamic seminary outside Bahawalpur in central Pakistan as India attacked its neighbour in response to the killing of Indian tourists in Kashmir.

The seminary was emptied of its students in recent days as speculation grew that would be targeted by India, but the family of Masood Azhar, founder of the Jaish-e-Mohammed Islamist militant group, was still there, according to the group.