At least eight people were killed and 35 others injured after Indian forces launched missile strikes on six locations across Pakistan, according to Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of Pakistan’s military.
Speaking at a brief late-night press conference, Chaudhry said India carried out a total of 24 strikes, with the most severe attack targeting Ahmedpur Sharqia, near Bahawalpur in Punjab province. A mosque compound was hit there, killing five people, including a three-year-old girl, UNB reports.
Other targeted areas included Muridke city, a village near Sialkot, and Shakargarh, also in Punjab. Additionally, two sites in Pakistan-administered Kashmir—Muzaffarabad and Kotli—were struck, resulting in the destruction of two mosques. A 16-year-old girl and an 18-year-old boy were killed in those attacks.
Chaudhry did not comment on earlier reports that Indian jets had been shot down.
India’s army says three civilians were killed overnight by Pakistani artillery fire.
The Pakistani army “resorted to arbitrary firing” across the Line of Control, the de facto border dividing Kashmir, the army said in a statement.
“Three innocent civilians lost their lives in indiscriminate firing/shelling”, the army said, adding that Indian forces were “responding in proportionate manner”.
