
Fresh Pakistani drones target Jammu, Samba and Pathankot; explosion heard in Pokhran
Jammu : Jammu city plunged into darkness once again on Friday after as Pakistan targeted it and 10 other locations with fresh drone attacks for the second consecutive night, prompting alarms to sound, media reports said.
Several explosions were reported in the Jammu region amid ongoing shelling and fresh drone attacks by Pakistan following India's Operation Sindoor to strike terror hideouts in the neighbouring country earlier this week.
According to India Today, the drones targeted the Air Force base in Awantipora.
The debris of one of the drones fell in a residential area of Punjab's Ferozpur, leaving much destruction,TV visuals showed.
A drone landed at a house in Village Khai Pheme, District Ferozepur, Punjab.
— Indian Right Wing Community (@indianrightwing) May 9, 2025
Locals are saying that the lights of the house were on.
Please take blackout seriously. Turn off your inverters as well. It is for your safety only.pic.twitter.com/O7UIdZXINh
"Intermittent sounds of blasts, probably heavy artillery, can now be heard from where I am," Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said in a post on X.
Blackout in Jammu now. Sirens can be heard across the city. pic.twitter.com/TE0X2LYzQ8
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) May 9, 2025
"It's my earnest appeal to everyone in & around Jammu please stay off the streets, stay at home or at the nearest place you can comfortably stay at for the next few hours. Ignore rumours, don't spread unsubstantiated or unverified stories & we will get through this together," the Chief Minister added.
According to reports, explosions were also heard in Pokhran in Rajasthan.
Meanwhile, India's Air Defence system was activated for the second consecutive night to intercept the drone attacks. India is also responding to the ceasfire violations along the Line of Control (LoC).
The latest attack comes after India thwarted 300 to 400 drones launched by Pakistan towards 36 urban centres during the May 8 attack amid escalated tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
Two weeks after the Pahalgam attack took place, India launched Operation Sindoor, targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
The Indian Army, in a statement, said: "On the night of 07-08 May 2025, Pakistan attempted to engage a number of military targets in Northern and Western India including Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai, and Bhuj, using drones and missiles."
"These were neutralised by the Integrated Counter UAS Grid and Air Defence systems. The debris of these attacks is now being recovered from a number of locations that prove the Pakistani attacks," the statement said.
The Indian Ministry of Defence said the Indian Armed Forces targeted Air Defence Radars and systems at several locations in Pakistan.
"Indian response has been in the same domain with same intensity as Pakistan. It has been reliably learnt that an Air Defence system at Lahore has been neutralised," the statement said.
The Indian Armed Forces also foiled a major infiltration bid at the international border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district and killed at least seven terrorists on Friday.
The infiltration bid was foiled on the intervening night of May 8 and 9.
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