Might 07, 2025 04:19 PM IST
Residents spend sleepless night time in bunkers as weapons roar in Tangdhar and Karnah sectors in Kupwara apart from Uri in Baramulla district.
At the very least six civilians, together with three kids, have been injured and several other buildings have been broken after Pakistan resorted to heavy shelling in Tangdhar and Karnah sectors of Kupwara district and Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district after India carried out missile strikes beneath Operation Sindoor in opposition to 9 terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) early on Wednesday.
A baby injured in Pakistani shelling receives therapy at a hospital at Uri in Baramulla district on Wednesday. (PTI Picture)
The shelling, which began round midnight in Uri and Tangdhar, compelled folks to take refuge in underground bunkers, the place they spent a tensed night time. This was the thirteenth consecutive night time of firing amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan following the April 22 terror assault in Pahalgam that killed 26 folks, largely vacationers. That is additionally the primary time shelling was carried out for the reason that ceasefire settlement was renewed in 2021.
Whereas the Pakistani shelling continued until dawn in Uri, it’s nonetheless underway in Tangdhar although the depth is decrease.
“We are living in panic since 1am when the shelling began. We don’t have bunkers so are staying put at home,” mentioned Arif Ahmad, a resident of Uri. One other resident of Salamabad mentioned three homes within the space have been broken within the shelling. “The shells landed in residential areas. We spent a sleepless night. We are seeing such intense shelling after long time,” he mentioned.
A senior well being officer mentioned he had inputs about accidents in Uri’s Salamabad city.
At Karnah in Kupwara district, the residents needed to take shelter in underground bunkers to flee the shelling, officers mentioned. Some homes and different buildings suffered heavy harm, whereas few caught fireplace as a result of heavy shelling from throughout the LoC, they mentioned. “We spent a terrible long night. It was as if the night would never end. Our hearts sank every time we heard a loud bang of heavy shells. We had to move to safer locations and take shelter to save our lives amid the heavy shelling,” Naseer Ahmad, a neighborhood resident, mentioned
As a result of cross-LoC shelling, the federal government closed all academic establishments in north Kashmir and components of Jammu area. “In view of the prevailing situation, all educational institutions in Baramulla, Kupwara, and Gurez will remain closed till further orders,” Kashmir divisional commissioner Vijay Kumar Bidhuri mentioned.