WATCH | Indian social media flooded with blackout videos as Pakistan fire drones at Jammu
Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked shelling along the Line of Control in Kupwara and Baramulla districts of Jammu and Kashmir late on Thursday evening with the Indian armed forces retaliating effectively, officials said.
Meanwhile, sounds resembling blasts caused panic in Jammu city late on Thursday evening as security forces detected Pakistani drones near the heavily guarded airport here, officials said. It was not immediately known whether the airport, which also houses an Indian Air Force station, was under attack.
Many videos appeared on social media, particularly X, in which projectiles were seen flying over buildings. Most videos had loud explosion sounds as civilians shot the airborne drones from the roof of their residences. THE WEEK couldn't independently verify these videos, many of which were being televised.
Jammu plunged into darkness with electricity snapped soon after two powerful explosions were heard in the vicinity of the airport.
Officials said counter-measures have been initiated and a few Pakistani drones were downed by the Indian anti-drone system.
According to some eyewitnesses, one of the drones was seen dropping outside the airport.
The Boniyar sector of Baramulla and the Tangdhar sector of Kupwara district were targeted by Pakistan but there were no reports of any casualty so far.
On the intervening night of May 7 and 8, the Pakistan Army fired small arms and artillery guns across the LoC in areas opposite Kupwara, Baramulla, Uri and Akhnoor sectors in J-K. The Indian Army responded proportionately.
Most of the civilian population in the Karnah area had moved to safer areas on Wednesday as Pakistani troops resorted to shelling after Indian armed forces pounded terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir under Operation Sindoor.
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