India fires missiles across the frontier with Pakistan, killing at least 1 child, officials say

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistani security officials said that India fired rockets across the border into the Pakistani -controlled lands in at least three locations early on Wednesday, killing a child and wounding two other people. India said it was a striking infrastructure that gunmen used.

Tensions between nuclear armed neighbors increased due to the militants’ attack last month on tourists in the Indian Kashmir part. India blamed Pakistan for its support for the militant attack, which was denied by Islamabad.

The missiles were set early Wednesday, locations in Kashmir, which is run by Pakistan and in the eastern Punjab province in the country, according to officials. One of the officials said that one of them struck a mosque in the city of Baha and Al -Bour in Punjab, where a child was killed and a woman and a man were injured.

Officials said Pakistan launched revenge strikes, without providing any details. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to speak to the media.

The state -managed Pakistani television, quoting security officials, said that the Pakistani Air Force had shot down two Indian planes, but did not provide additional details.

The spokesman for the Pakistani army, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Ary News, said that the missiles were launched from inside the Indian territories and that no Indian plane entered the Pakistani airspace.

The Indian Ministry of Defense said in a statement on Wednesday that at least nine sites were targeted as terrorist attacks were planned against India. “

The statement said: “Our actions were focused, measured and non -classified in nature. No military facilities have been targeted,” adding that “India showed a major control in choosing goals and the method of implementation.”

“We are living on the commitment that those responsible for this attack will be held accountable,” the statement said.

The Indian army wrote in a post on the social media platform X: “Justice is offered.” Not provided more details.

“The deceptive enemy has carried out cowardly attacks in five locations in Pakistan,” Pakistani Prime Minister Shibaz Sharif said in a statement.

“Pakistan has the right to provide a strong response to this work from the war imposed by India, and a strong response is already provided,” Sharif said.

He said that his country and its forces “know very well how to deal with the enemy … We will never let the enemy succeed in its nefarious goals.”

Sharif held a meeting of the National Security Committee on Wednesday morning, according to a government declaration.

Meanwhile, in Muzaffar Abad, the main city in Kashmir, resident of Abdel Alam, said that he heard many explosions and some people were injured in the attack. The residents were seen in Muzaffar Abad running in panic and the authorities were cut off immediately by the authorities.

Wagar Nour, the Pakistan -run Interior Minister of Kashmir, said that at least one child was killed in the Indian attack. He said that many missiles landed in two locations, and the civilian population was targeted.

Nour said that the authorities announced the state of emergency in the region’s hospitals.