Those killed in the strike were Qari Abdul Malik, Khalid, and Mudassir. They were believed to be members of the JuD and served as the mosque's prayer leaders and caretakers. The bodies were sent to their native areas for burial.

Hafiz Abdul Rauf, a US-designated global terrorist, was seen conducting prayers in the presence of uniformed Pakistan Army personnel and members of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) of Hafiz Saeed on Wednesday (May 6). They attended the funeral of three persons killed in the military strikes by Indian armed forces on terror camps in Muridke.

He is also a UN designated terrorist, a member of Lashkar e Tayyaba, an organisation considered a terrorist group by the US, EU, Australia, Canada, Russia and the UN. The Markaz camp at Muridke was a hide-out for the World Trade Center bombers of 1993. It was also the training center of 26/11/2008 attacks in Mumbai, according to Ajmal Kasab, David Headley, a key conspirator, and Tahawuur Rana, who recently lost the case against his extradition in the US and was transferred from his jail in the US on India’s extradition request.