LONDON — Greater than 26 individuals had been killed and dozens extra had been injured in a single day in Pakistan by Indian aerial assaults, Pakistani officers stated, including that the assault amounted to a “blatant act of aggression.”
The strikes, which had started with missile assaults early on Tuesday, got here amid rising stress as India continued accountable Pakistan for a lethal assault in April within the disputed Kashmir area. That militant assault, often known as the Pahalgam incident, left 26 individuals lifeless in Indian-held Kashmir.
Troopers and onlookers examine the particles of a mosque after Indian strikes in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on Could 7, 2025.
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Pakistani army officers on Tuesday had vowed to reply from the “air and floor.” The Indian Military confirmed New Delhi’s newest strikes on Wednesday, saying in a press release that its forces had been “responding appropriately in a calibrated method.”
At the very least 46 individuals had been injured in Pakistan, army spokesperson Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry stated in a press convention on Wednesday.
Folks have a look at part of an plane in Wuyan close to Indian-administered Kashmir’s foremost metropolis of Srinagar on Could 7, 2025.
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Pakistan’s Ministry of Overseas Affairs stated it had summoned India’s prime diplomat in Pakistan.
The assault “constitutes a transparent violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty,” the ministry stated in a press release, including, ” The Indian facet was warned that such reckless conduct poses a critical risk to regional peace and stability.”
It is a growing story. Please verify again for updates.
ABC Information’ Meredith Deliso contributed to this report.
