the Tensions in the disputed Kashmir region between India and Pakistan continues to escalate. On Wednesday, the two aircraft apparently shot down. But there are conflicting reports about the nationality and the circumstances of the case.
on Wednesday morning, Danish time communicate to the pakistani military that it has shot the two indian fighter aircraft down.
– PAF (air force, red.) have shot two indian aircraft down in pakistani airspace, writes maj-gen Asif Ghafoor, who is the military spokesman said, in a tweet.
He adds that one of the aircraft crashed in the pakistani part of Kashmir, while the second crashed on the indian side.
But India’s military claims that only one aircraft from its air force has been shot down and its pilot is ‘missing in combat’.
India adds that it has shot a pakistani fighter jet down.
A spokesman for Pakistan’s military says that the police have taken the two indian pilots to capture after the shooting of the two indian fighter aircraft.
– The one indian pilot has been detained by the police, while the other is admitted to a hospital, the spokesman said to news agency AP.
the Message on the nedskydningerne comes shortly after to fighter aircraft from Pakistan allegedly violated India’s airspace by flying over the part of Kashmir that India controls.
on Tuesday performed the India air strikes against militants in Pakistan. According to the indian television channel News 18 was the target of the attack a group of militants, suspected to have killed 40 indian soldiers in Kashmir recently.
India and Pakistan manage their part of Kashmir. But both countries claim the region and have fought two wars over it.
India blames Pakistan for supporting militants in the disputed region. Pakistan rejects the accusation, but refers to the militant groups in Kashmir as freedom fighters.
A helicopter has crashed at Srinagar in Budgam district. The reason for the crash is unclear. Photo: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
Pakistan’s foreign ministry says in a statement that its air force attack ‘military targets’. It also appears that the Pakistan ‘do not have intentions of an escalation’.
a Few hours before the announcement of the downing of the two aircraft, Pakistan had reported six civilians killed by a mortar attacks carried out by India’s military.
Residents on both sides of the border say that there has been exchanges of fire between the two sides through the night. Hundreds of villagers have fled from the border in the pakistani part of Kashmir.
