Drone attacks on Srinagar airport, Awantipora air base thwarted: Officials

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Drone attacks on Srinagar airport, Awantipora air base thwarted: Officials

Friday, 09 May 2025 | PTI

Drone attacks on Srinagar airport, Awantipora air base thwarted: Officials

Drone attacks on Srinagar airport and south Kashmir's Awantipora air base were thwarted late on Friday, officials said.

The attempted attack came a day after India thwarted attempts by the Pakistan military to attack Indian military installations using drones and missiles.

Drones were also sighted in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, officials said, adding that countermeasures had been initiated.

The sky was lit up in Baramulla district as the Indian military shot down Pakistani drones.

Earlier in the evening, blasts were heard and sirens sounded in the Jammu region and south Kashmir as many parts of Jammu and Kashmir plunged into darkness, officials said.

Defence officials said drones were also sighted in Jammu, Samba and neighbouring Pathankot district in Punjab and they were being engaged.

In Srinagar, mosque loudspeakers were used to convey to locals to switch off their lights as a precautionary measure.

The officials said drones were also engaged in Udhampur and Nagrota of Jammu and Punjab.

Tension between the two neighbours soared after the Indian Armed Forces on Wednesday conducted precision strikes targeting terror launchpads in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in response to the April 22 attack by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed.

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