Pakistan Calls India's Strikes An 'act Of War' And Claims It Shot Down Indian Fighter Jets

Pakistan is calling airstrikes launched by India an "act of war" Wednesday, pinch its subject claiming it changeable down 5 Indian combatant jets successful retaliation. 

The strikes targeted astatine slightest 9 sites "where terrorist attacks against India person been planned," India’s Defense Ministry said. Pakistan's subject said nan missiles deed six locations successful Pakistan-administered Kashmir and successful nan country’s eastbound Punjab province, sidesplitting astatine slightest 26 people, including women and children. 

"Pakistan has each correct to springiness a robust consequence to this enactment of warfare imposed by India, and a beardown consequence is so being given," Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declared. 

Tensions person soared betwixt nan nuclear-armed neighbors since an April onslaught successful which gunmen killed 26 people, mostly Indian Hindu tourists, successful nan India-controlled information of Kashmir. India accuses its neighbour of being down that attack, which was claimed by a militant group calling itself Kashmir Resistance that India says is linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a disbanded Pakistani militant group. 

INDIA LAUNCHES STRIKES ON TERRORIST CAMPS IN PAKISTAN 

Metal debris lies connected nan crushed successful Wuyan successful India-administered Kashmir's Pulwama territory connected Wednesday, May 7. Pakistan's subject claimed it changeable down 5 Indian combatant jets. (Reuters/Sharafat Ali/TPX Images of nan Day)

Indian subject officials said Wednesday that their forces targeted "terrorist camps" that served arsenic recruitment centers and limb retention accommodation for Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, different Islamist militant group, according to Reuters. 

Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif, Pakistan’s subject spokesperson, said nan country’s aerial unit changeable down 5 Indian jets successful retaliation. 

Three planes fell onto villages successful India-controlled territory, and location was a dense speech of occurrence betwixt nan sides, nan Associated Press reported. At slightest 7 civilians were besides killed successful nan region by Pakistani shelling, Indian constabulary and medics said. 

Debris from 1 level was scattered crossed Wuyan colony connected nan outskirts of Kashmir’s main metropolis of Srinagar, including successful a schoolhouse and a mosque compound, constabulary and residents said. 

"There was a immense occurrence successful nan sky. Then we heard respective blasts also," Wuyan resident Mohammed Yousuf told nan AP. 

PAKISTAN WARNS OF A ‘NUCLEAR FLASHPOINT,’ URGES TRUMP TO STEP IN AMID RISING TENSIONS WITH INDIA OVER KASHMIR 

A damaged rooftop of nan Bilal Mosque is seen aft it was deed by an Indian onslaught successful Muzaffarabad, nan superior of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, connected Wednesday, May 7. (Reuters/Akhtar Somroo)

Another craft fell successful an unfastened section successful Bhardha Kalan village. Resident Sachin Kumar told nan AP he heard monolithic blasts and saw a immense shot of fire. 

"We recovered nan 2 pilots astatine immoderate region successful injured condition. They were Indian pilots and soldiers took them away," he added. 

India’s subject said nan strikes Wednesday were portion of "Operation Sindoor." 

"Our actions person been focused, measured and non-escalatory successful nature," India’s Defense Ministry said successful a statement. "No Pakistan subject accommodation person been targeted." 

Firefighters douse fume coming retired from nan debris of an craft adjacent Akhnoor connected nan outskirts of Jammu, India, connected Wednesday, May 7. (AP/Channi Anand)

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Pakistan’s National Security Committee besides met Wednesday morning. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a typical gathering of nan Cabinet Committee connected Security and postponed his upcoming charismatic travel to Norway, Croatia and nan Netherlands, scheduled to commencement adjacent week. 

Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano and nan Associated Press contributed to this report.