MEMBER – Jammu airport, in Indian cashmere, was struck Thursday evening by powerful explosions after drones overflight. This episode occurs the day after Indian attacks on targets in Pakistan
In cashmere, Jammu airport, already under high tension in a context of deadly clashes between India and Pakistan, was shaken Thursday evening by strong explosions, in full rise in the Kashmir tensions. According to a security source, several drones flew over the city before detonations sounded in their wake.
“I have heard many explosions and electricity has been cut,” a resident of Jammu told AFP, while Varishing Jeet Singh, Local Party of the Narendra Modi party, confirmed: “We can hear strong explosions, it looks like bombs explode everywhere. »»
A rather calm night
This new episode comes after a quieter night which had succeeded violent artillery exchanges on Wednesday, which left at least 48 dead, in the vast majority of civilians, on both sides of the control line. The day before, India had led targeted strikes in Pakistan in retaliation for the April 22 attack in Pahalgam (26 dead), which she imputed to the Pakistani jihadist group Lashkar-E-Taiba.
New Delhi says his attacks have targeted military infrastructure: “The Indian armed forces have neutralized radars and air defense systems in several places in Pakistan,” said the Ministry of Defense. Lahore, Rawalpindi and other major Pakistani cities have been the target of drone strikes, some of which of the Hhaop Kamikaze type, of ISR origin (…)
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