India attacked nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Tuesday, May 6, with deaths reported.
Pakistan said it was mounting a response as the worst fighting in years erupted between the longstanding enemies.
Police and witnesses disclosed that armies of the nuclear-armed neighbours exchanged intense shelling and heavy gunfire across their frontier in disputed Kashmir in at least three places.
As reported by Al Jazeera, the fatal attack led to the killing of three people and injuries to at least 12 individuals.
Per the BBC, India stated that some of the places it was bombing were linked to militants, and they were not targeting Pakistani military sites.
India’s attack on Pakistan has caused tension across the world amid the ongoing Israel-Palestine and Russia-Ukraine wars. The India-Pakistan conflict is currently trending on social media platforms.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s defence minister, Khawaja Asif, told Geo TV that his country would retaliate against India with “even greater force.” The Pakistan military said missiles hit a mosque in Bahawalpur, a city in Punjab, Pakistan, killing a child and wounding two civilians. However, the claim could not be independently verified. India’s strikes also targeted the city of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, and a small town called Kotli in the same region.
Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, described India’s assaults as “cowardly” attacks. In a statement posted to X (formerly Twitter), Sharif said: “The cunning enemy has carried out cowardly attacks on five locations in Pakistan. “Pakistan has every right to respond forcefully to this act of war imposed by India, and a forceful response is being given.
