New Delhi: Multiple explosions were reported from parts of Jammu as Pakistan Thursday evening carried out an aerial attack on the city with at least four loitering munitions.
Sources told ThePrint that Jammu airport was also targeted and at least six blasts were reported from different parts of the city. It is not clear at this time if these were actual hits by Pakistan or interception by Indian air defence systems.
Sources also confirmed gunshots were heard in the Satwari and Gandhi Nagar areas. No casualties have been reported so far.
It is also learnt that heavy firing has been reported from the Samba area.
This comes on the day India thwarted attempts by Pakistan to target Indian military installations spread across the western and northern sectors including in Srinagar, Jammu, Amritsar and Pathankot through its own air defence systems on the night of 7-8 May.
Pakistan attempted to engage a number of military targets in northern and western India including in Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai, and Bhuj, using drones and missiles. These were neutralised by the integrated counter UAS grid and air defence systems. “The debris of these attacks is now being recovered from a number of locations that prove the Pakistani attacks,” a defence ministry statement had said.
This is a developing story
(Edited by Amrtansh Arora)
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