Pakistan's lies nailed.
Nailing Pakistan's lies once again, award-winning Italian journalist Francesa Marino has reported that 130-170 terrorists were killed during Indian Airforce's strike at Balakot on wee hours of February 26. According to Marino, who earlier too reported that Jaish-e-Mohammed has suffered heavy losses in Balakot, Pakistani army contingent had to swoop in to rescue the heavily injured terrorists.
Marino claims that still around 45 terrorists are admitted in hospital, such was the intensity of the attack from IAF. Around 20 terrorists died in the hospital too and the cumulative toll is around 130-170 according to Italian journalist. Indian Air Force based on inputs about Jaish terrorists in Balakot did the strike on February 26, after the ghastly Pulwama attack on February 14, when 40 CRPF men lost their lives. She has filed this report in Stringer Asia and later elaborated her findings to DNA's sister organisation WION.
Pakistan didn't take journalists to area which was hit in #BalakotAirStrike: @francescam63 to WION's @MollyGambhir pic.twitter.com/0OkeMoQGb2
— WION (@WIONews) May 8, 2019
Marina earlier speaking to WION had said that at least 40-50 terrorists have been killed. Now, she has revised her number significantly upwards to 130-170. While officially India didn't give out a number, based on mobile tower intercepts, sources have claimed that toll could be high as 300-400. However, Pakistan has denied any loss to life and has claimed that some trees were only uprooted in the Indian attack. Although Pakistan tried to attack Indian military installations a day later as retaliation, it was promptly foiled by India. In the process, IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman crossed LoC and was taken by Pakistan but was released a day later.
1. The big pointers from Marino's report
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According to Marina, some of the big developments are:
1. IAF strike was carried at around 3.30 AM on February 26.
2. Pakistan Army unit, from their Shinkiari camp arrived around 6AM
3. Injured were rushed to Harkat-ul-Mujahideen camp where Pakistani Army doctors treated them
4. 45 persons still undergoing treatment, 20 terrorists have succumbed to their injuries
5. Recovered men are still under Army supervision
5. Death toll between 130-170
6. 11 trainers including two from Afghanistan killed
7. Families of dead terrorists paid off by Pak Army so that they don't speak to media.
8. The Madrasa which was used for terrrorist activity now fully disguised to remove links to JeM and Azhar Masood.
9. Army has taken over the camp, with a Captain rank officer of the Mujahid battalion in-charge. Even police is not allowed there.
10. JeM leadership has told its foot soldiers that revenge will be taken when time is ripe.
2. Wion's ground report from Balakot
3. Madrasa whitewashed, says Italian journalist
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According to Italian journalist Marino, the madrasa which used to run the terrorist camp is spread across 2 km radius. She raises question about why a madrasa would be constructed in such a remote place with very few people and needs a treck of 30 minutes to reach. Even the locals can't enter the area now, which is under Pakistan Army control with a Captain rank officer of the Mujahid battalion in command
