India fired missiles across the border into Pakistani-administered territory in at least five locations early Wednesday local time, killing at least eight people and injuring 35 others, the Pakistani Army said. India said it was striking infrastructure used by militants.
The strikes came amid soaring tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors over last month’s militant attack on tourists in the Indian-administered portion of Kashmir. India has blamed Pakistan for backing the militant attack, which Islamabad has denied.
Pakistan Army spokesperson Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said a total of eight people were killed, 35 others were injured and two remain missing. He said India targeted civilians in Pakistan.
A spokesperson for the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that the strikes hit Muridke and Bahawalpur, and across the Line of Control in Kotli and Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. One of them struck a mosque in the city of Bahawalpur in Punjab, where a child was killed, and a woman and man were injured, one official told The Associated Press.
“India’s act of aggression has resulted in martyrdom of civilians, including women and children,” the spokesperson said. “This act of aggression has also caused grave threat to commercial air traffic.”
According to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations division of the Pakistan Armed Forces, the missiles were air-launched. Witnesses in Bahawalpur reported seeing a bright light in the sky moments before a powerful explosion.
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