The Pakistani Army performed the attack on difficult artillery and mortars on the area along the line control (LOC), de facto borders between India and Pakistan, killing at least 12 people, according to the “Press Trust of India Agency report.
MP by the ruling party The National Conference of Jam and Kashmir, Ajaz Jan, visited the hospital in Poonch district, in the Indian part of Kashmir, to assess the situation.
“The situation is still extremely tense,” the party said.
The latest escalation between the two nuclear armed countries comes after India performed missile strikes during the night within the territory of Pakistan and Pakistani administrated Kashmir, making the new Delhi, “nine terrorist locations”.
The Pakistani Army said at least 26 people, including five in Pakistani administrated Kashmir, was killed, and 46 wounded in Indian attacks, pointing out that Indian missiles hit six locations.
Escalation between neighbors possessing nuclear weapons followed the attack on 22. April in Pahalgam, in the Indian part of Kashmir, in which 26 people were killed.
India blamed Pakistan, claiming that there were cross-border connections, while Islamabad denied any involvement and offered a neutral investigation with international supervision.
(Vijesti.ba)
