India announces that it has struck « terrorist sites » with missiles in Pakistan which promises to retaliate – Liberation

From the war dropped to the open conflict? The situation between India and Pakistan, which had threatened to degenerate for two weeks, had a new stage on Tuesday evening, May 6. India AA performs missile strikes against nine sites sheltering « Terrorist infrastructure » Located on Pakistani territory in retaliation for the murderous attack on April 22 at the Indian cashmere, New Delhi announced. Three civilians, including a child, were killed in these strikes assured the Pakistani Minister of Defense Khawaja Asif assuring that India had « Aims for multiple targets, all civilians ».

«  » Not long ago, the Indian armed forces launched the Sindoor operation by hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan (…) hence the terrorist attacks against India were organized and directed « , The Indian government said in a short declaration without providing an immediate detail on the results of these missile strikes.

The Pakistani army assured that New Delhi had targeted «  Three regions  » From Pakistan, citing two cities in the Pakistani cashmere, the main one, Muzaffarabad, as well as a third in the Pendjab, a border of India. « We will fight back when we choose »added the spokesperson for the Pakistani army, Lieutenant-General Ahmed Chaudhry.

For its part, the Indian army said that Pakistan had made artillery fire on its territory, accusing it of« Once again to violate the ceasefire agreement by performing artillery fire in the sectors of Bhimber Gali and Ponch-Rajauri » at the Indian cashmere. She added having « Rippied and calibrated in a appropriate and calibrated manner ».

India and Pakistan have been on the war for the attack that killed 26 on April 22 in the tourist town of Pahalgam, in the Indian cashmere. Even if the attack was not claimed, New Delhi questioned Islamabad, who categorically denied it.

“Our action is targeted, measured and aims to avoid climbing. No Pakistani military installation has been targeted ”said the declaration of the Indian government, adding that it has shown a « Considerable retained ». « We thus hold our commitment to ensure that the officials of this attack will make accounts »she added.

Since the attack on April 22, the international community has been dreading a new conflagration between the two nuclear, neighboring and rival powers since their partition in pain in 1947. But the Indian police ensured to seek at least two Pakistani nationals among the attackers and their accomplices and assures that they are linked to Let, the Jihadist Movement Lashkar-E-Taiba based in Pakistan, already suspected of Attacks that killed 166 people in Bombay in 2008.

One of the sites targeted during the night by the Indian army is the Subhan mosque in Bahawalpur, linked according to Indian intelligence to groups close to the Let, notably the Jaish-E-Mohammed (Jem).

Shortly before these strikes, the US State Department said that it had called India and Pakistan, two nuclear powers, to work for a « responsible resolution » of their dispute. Donald Trump said hoped that clashes between India and Pakistan « stop very quickly ».

For the past ten nights, Indian and Pakistani soldiers have been exchanging light weapons along the border between their countries. Without having made victims for the moment, according to New Delhi

In recent days, Pakistan, which has been announcing for a few days to expect an air attack, has proceeded to two soil-to-ground missiles. The one led on Saturday concerned a machine with a range of 450 km, the distance between the Pakistani border from the Indian capital New Delhi.

India must precisely carry out civil defense exercises on Wednesday, according to its ministry of information, to prepare the population for « Protect yourself in the event of an attack ». In this climate, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged the two countries on Monday to « move away from the precipice ».