India launched missile attacks against targets in Pakistan, New Delhi announced. The strikes came after India blamed its northwestern adversary for an Islamic terrorist attack in Kashmir on Apr. 22.
A statement from the Indian military announced the beginning of “Operation Sindoor,” involving missile attacks against nine targets.
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“A little while ago, the Indian Armed Forces launched ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed,” the statment read.
Pakistani Lt. Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry told ARY News that Indian missiles hit areas in Kotli, Muzaffarabad, and Bahawalpur. Pakistan’s air force activated its defense systems and prevented Indian aircraft from entering its airspace.
Pakistan vowed to respond.
“Let me say it unequivocally: Pakistan will respond to this at a time and place of its own choosing. This heinous provocation will not go unanswered,” Chaudhry told Dawn newspaper.
The Indian statement said that no Pakistani military targets were hit, and that the strikes were “focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature.”
“India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution,” it added.
A post from the official account of the Indian Army said, “Justice is served.”
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Videos posted on social media showed one of the missile strikes, occurring near a crowd of civilians.
Other videos and images showed several Pakistani civilians killed or wounded.