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This comes a day after Pakistan made similar attempts to attack military installations close to the border in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Rajasthan
Indian Army neutralises an enemy target as Pakistan armed forces launched multiple attacks using drones and other munitions along entire western border on the intervening night of May 8 and May 9. (Image: PTI)
The Indian military on Friday intercepted Pakistani drones sighted in the Jammu, Samba and Pathankot sectors, a day after the neighbouring country made similar attempts to attack military installations close to the border in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Rajasthan.
The Indian Army said drones have been sighted in Jammu, Samba and Pathankot, and are being engaged. According to officials, blasts were heard and sirens sounded in the Jammu region as the city plunged into darkness for a second consecutive night.
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Officials said in Srinagar, mosque loudspeakers were used to convey to local residents to switch off their lights as a precautionary measure. The blasts come amid ongoing shelling by Pakistan following India’s strike on terror hideouts in the country earlier this week as part of Operation Sindoor.
“Intermittent sounds of blasts, probably heavy artillery, can now be heard from where I am,” Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said in a post on X, also putting up a picture of the city in darkness, captioning it as, “Blackout in Jammu now. Sirens can be heard across the city.”
“It’s my earnest appeal to everyone in and around Jammu please stay off the streets, stay at home or at the nearest place you can comfortably stay at for the next few hours. Ignore rumours, don’t spread unsubstantiated or unverified stories and we will get through this together,” he said in another post.
Earlier, during a press briefing, the military said India swiftly thwarted Pakistan’s fresh attempts to strike military sites with drones and missiles on Thursday night (May 8). They foiled such bids at 15 places in northern and western regions, as tensions soared between the two countries amid fears of a wider conflict.
It said Pakistan sent 300 to 400 drones in 36 locations from Leh to Sir Creek to target military installations. The Indian armed forces shot down many of these drones using kinetic and non-kinetic means, it added.
The military said one Pakistani armed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was sent to target Bathinda military station, but the attempt was foiled. Responding to Pakistan’s attack, India launched armed drones at four air defence sites in the country, and one drone destroyed an AD (air defence) radar system, it said.
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