Pakistani Ex-Jihadist on FB Live Before Suicide Exposes Terror Factory at Balakot Run by its Army

Somewhere in Pakistan: Rana Jawed, a Pakistani national who claimed himself as an ex Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist and an army personnel, has claimed that terrorist camps were run under the active patronage of the Pakistan Army in Balakot, the site decimated by the Indian Air Force following the Pulwama attack incident. Pak Army was actively training the terrorists before sending them to India among other locations, he said in a startling video posted on social media before “committing suicide” to escape the Army which he said was hounding him.

Rana Jawed went live on Facebook, before he said he was going to commit suicide, and made the striking revelation against the Pakistan Army and their involvement in nurturing terrorism against India.

“Jaish-e-Mohammad used to run training centre in Balakot with Army organising it all,” Rana was quoted as saying in the Facebook live video.

Jamál Balóc, a journalist, who shared the video online, said Rana was an ex-Pakistan Army Personnel and a Jaish-e-Mohammad Jihadist before his change of heart.

He reportedly committed suicide after going live on the social media. But that could not be verified yet.

Often breaking down and pleading Pakistanis to bring secularism in their country and revolt against the Army, he stated how the trained members of the terror groups were sent to India and others parts of the world after their training was complete.

Expressing his love for his siblings and parents, he broke down at times and said he was tired of running away from the Army and the vicious cycle and thus decided to end his life.

Rana is believed to be a resident of Jadanwala town in Bhakkar district, some reports said.

He said in the video that he was accused of going against Islam and army because he chose to support secularism and end of terrorism.

“I have destroyed five years of my life behind terrorism,” he said in the video narrating how they were recruited in Pakistan.

Police claimed that the accused had been defaming Pakistan army by posting anti-army slogans and spreading false information about country’s armed forces on Facebook.

Javed’s family member claimed that Javed was alive and in touch with the family.

India’s surgical strike in Balakot terror camps

Paying back Pakistan days after the Pulwama terror attack which left over 40 Indian paramilitary personnel dead in February, the Indian Air Force (IAF) had conducted a pre-dawn surgical strike across the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) destroying what it called the biggest camp of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).

The Pulwama attack was carried out by Pakistan-based militant organisation, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) on Feb 14 in Kashmir, triggering a nationwide outrage in India with Prime Minister Narendra Modi swearing that the perpetrators would not go unpunished.

An Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot, who was a part of the team that struck the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror training facility near Balakot in Pakistan in February, recently said the team did not miss its target.

Sharing the story with NDTV, two Squadron Leaders who were among Mirage 2000 fighter pilots, spoke on their role in the attack.

This was the first Indian Air Force assault on a target inside the territory of Pakistan since the 1971 war.

On Feb 26, the Indian Air Force (IAF) had deployed 12 Mirage 2000 jets in order to strike the terrorist facility by firing two separate types of Israeli munitions – the Spice 2000, designed to penetrate deep inside the structures targeted and the Crystal Maze, set to send back a video feed of the targets as it struck them.
However, a low cloud base prevented the IAF from launching the Crystal Maze weapons on the day of the attacks.

“I have no doubt that the Spice 2000 hit its target,” the second Mirage pilot told the news channel on being asked about the controversy regarding the effectiveness of the IAF strikes.

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Source: India Blooms

Image Courtesy: Qrius

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