New exchanges of night fire between India and Pakistan, which warns that it « will take revenge its dead » – Liberation

After A long day of bombing Wednesday, Pakistani and Indian soldiers again exchanged artillery and light weapons on the night along the « Control line » which cuts the cashmere between their two countries.

Wednesday, the two nuclear powers exchanged Intense artillery shots After a series of Indian strikes on Pakistani soil targeting the group accused by New Delhi of the attack on April 22 in its part of the cashmere. According to the latest assessments, these bombings caused the death of at least 43 people in both camps, including many civilians.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif promised Wednesday evening, in a speech to the nation, of « Avenge each drop of blood of these martyrs », suggesting other operations. His Minister of Defense, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, added that his country « Would not be long in setting up his accounts ».

The Indian army assured in a statement that it had answered « In a proportionate way » to Pakistani shots « Not provoked » which have targeted it in several sectors, without reporting victims. These incidents were not confirmed in Islamabad.

The two neighbors, rivals since their independence in 1947, were on the war in the attack since the attack which killed 26 people in Pahalgam, a tourist town of the Indian cashmere. Without waiting for a claim, India attributed it to a jihadist group based in Pakistan, the Lashkar-E-Taiba (Let), and accused its neighbor of supporting it, which Islamabad denies firmly. As the Indian Prime Minister Narendra amended had promised to do so, the Indian army retaliated by destroying nine « Terrorist camps » of this movement.

His Minister of Defense, Rajnath Singh, repeated that these strikes had only targeted « Terrorist camps » carefully identified for « Avoid population or civilian sectors ». But the Indian missiles that rained in six cities in cashmere and Pakistani pendjab and the exchanges of fire that followed made 31 people and 57 injured, according to the latest assessment communicated by the Pakistani army. « I was very afraid, as if it were an earthquake », A resident of the city of Mouridke, Mohammed Khourram for AFP.

He described « A big boom (…) then a missile arrived and struck, and a second one minute later, three or four followed ».

In the big city of Muzaffarabad, a mosque of which was targeted by Indian strikes, the funeral of the victims began on Wednesday, bringing together major crowds. One of the army spokesperson added that the Indian strikes had also damaged a hydroelectric dam in cashmere.

Pakistan also claimed to have « Defeated five Indian planes » in the airspace of its neighbor. India did not officially comment on these statements, but an Indian security source told AFP that three hunters in its Indian air force had crushed, for reasons that were not immediately specified.

India, it has identified 12 dead and 38 injured in the Indian village of Poonch alone, targets many Pakistani shells, according to AFP journalists. « My sister was at home when the first shells fell »told AFP Madasar Choudhary, 29.

« She saw two children leaving her neighbor by running and shouted to tell them to go back to shelter »he continued. « But bursts have reached them and they died … »

The words of the Pakistani Prime Minister had the fears of new military operations on Wednesday evening. Many foreign capitals have renewed their calls for detention. « I want them to stop »Launched US President Donald Trump.

Received on Monday by the Pakistani government, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was expected Thursday in New Delhi as part of his mediation efforts. « The objectives of India are achieved »judged Happymon Jacob, the director of the Council for Strategic and Defense Research reflection center, based in New Delhi.

“Pakistan aims to conduct reprisals that allow it to save their face on the inner level and internationally. That’s what he’s likely to do ”added Happymon Jacob. « The border districts are on maximum alert »reported the Indian daily The Hindu on Thursday, « India must prepare for an escalation ».