The Indian air force flies in retaliation for a suicide bombing attack on the Pakistani part of Kashmir. On the impact of the bombing, there are different representations: While Indian authorities report that a “large number” of extremists were killed, a Pakistani spokesman claimed that no victims. Pakistan announces a retaliatory strike. the
India has killed according to his own representation in the case of an air attack on the Pakistani part of Kashmir, a “very large number” of extremists. The attack was perpetrated on Tuesday morning on “the biggest training camp” of the Islamist group Jaish-e-Mohammad in the Region of Balakot, said a Secretary of state. The extremist group had claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on the Indian security forces. The police chief of Balakot said: “There are no victims, there is no damage to the soil by the dropping of the bombs.”
Initially, it was unclear where exactly the Indian air attacks were made. India’s foreign Ministry called Balakot as a target for attack – a town outside of the semi-Autonomous Pakistani area in the Region of Kashmir. From the Pakistani side it was said that the attack had taken place within this Zone.
An Indian Secretary of state, tweeted that the air force had destroyed “terrorist camps” across the border between the Indian and the Pakistani part of Kashmir, “completely”. The spokesman said Indian warplanes had carried out a preventive attack after it got intelligence service findings, that another attack had been planned. “In this Operation, a very large number of Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists were eliminated, trainers, high-ranking commanders and jihadists,” he said.
A Pakistani military spokesman tweeted a different Version of events: the Indian planes were flown into the area, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan have enabled fighter jets and the Indian planes would have been close to Balakot “hasty cargo”. He announced an “early and effective response” of the Pakistani air force. The police chief of Balakot said he had sent Teams in the area. It was a scarcely populated forest area. First of all, there was no explanation for the contradictory indications from India and Pakistan.
The bomb attacks are the latest escalation in the conflict between India and Pakistan. Since the war, in 1947, the Region between the two atom is shared powers, but is claimed today by both States in their entirety. 14. In February, there was a suicide bombing in the Indian part of Kashmir, at the age of 40, the Indian security forces were killed, more than any other attack since the beginning of the uprising in 1989. Both India and Pakistan claim the entire Region for themselves.
The assassin from the 14. February had previously created a Video; he was a resident of the Indian part of Kashmir. Jaish-e-Mohammad based in Pakistan. Pakistan had threatened in the past with a reaction, if India’s military committed operations against the country.
