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Last Updated:May 10, 2025, 23:48 IST
Several videos were uploaded on TikTok, Google and YouTube that appear to be filmed at Markaz Taiba camp in Muridke, the LeT headquarters demolished by India on May 7.
India launched a strike at Markaz Taiba, the LeT camp in Muridke, on May 7. (PTI)
As tensions between India and Pakistan escalated following ‘Operation Sindoor’, some social media accounts expressing support for a Pakistan-based terror group linked to al-Qaeda have surfaced after posting videos from Pakistani terror groups targeted by Indian airstrikes.
Sky News found several videos posted on TikTok, YouTube and Google that appear to be filmed at Markaz Taiba camp in Muridke, which serves as the headquarters of the Lashkar-e-Taiba. The captions and usernames contained expressions of support for the LeT and a group called ‘313’.
Markaz Taiba, established in 2000 in Pakistan’s Punjab province’s Muridke, is Lashkar-e-Taiba’s main training hub. It serves as a centre for arms training, physical drills, and radicalisation programmes for recruits from Pakistan and abroad.
What Do These Videos Show?
Several videos uploaded by the pro-terrorist handles showed armed men patrolling the streets, while one clip, showing children practising martial arts inside the terror camp, which was struck by Indian airstrikes, is captioned, “We are young warriors, and we fight the non-believers."
The number ‘313’ appears to refer to the 313 Brigade, a proscribed terror organisation in Pakistan. A TikTok video posted to the Google page for Markaz Taiba showed a man walking in the street with a gun.
The account that posted that video wrote in their description, “Lashkar Taiba, Mujahid Force, ‘313’ and Markaz Taiba Muridke", self-proclaiming their support for the Pakistan-based terror groups.
“Brigade 313 is al Qaeda in Pakistan. It’s an umbrella organisation for members of several groups like Taliban, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Haqqat ul-Jihad-al-Islami, Jaish-e Muhammad, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Jundullah," said Muskan Sangwan, senior intelligence analyst at TRAC, a terrorism research and analysis consortium.
The TRAC has reported an increase in TikTok videos and other social media posts that refer to ‘313’, and most of the accounts are related to each other. “They [the TikTok users] mostly use ‘313’ as a hashtag… trying to push that hashtag to as many people it can reach on social media," she told Sky News.
After comparing the videos from the strike location and the video released by the Army conducting the strike, the UK-based media outlet confirmed that the videos posted by these social media groups were from the terror camps.
‘Go To War’
One of the videos on TikTok was captioned “bring your arms and ammunition and go to war". The text on the screen of the TikTok is ‘313’ and he is carrying a gun.
Sangwan explained that these social media posts are helpful in pushing propaganda on social media which could generate a lot of significance in terms of recruitment and local support.
India launched ‘Operation Sindoor’ on May 7, targeting terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) after the barbaric Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 that left 26 tourists dead. Indian forces neutralised nine high-value sites linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and dealt a decisive blow, crippling the operational infrastructure of both groups.
The Markaz Taiba complex in Muridke serves as Lashkar-e-Taiba’s main training hub and carries substantial historical and strategic importance. In 2000, Osama Bin Laden contributed Rs 10 million towards the construction of a mosque and guest house on the site, which later played a key role in orchestrating the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
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First Published:News world Pro-Terrorist TikTok Accounts Post Videos Of Terror Camps Hit By India During Operation Sindoor
