India fires missiles at Pakistan and disputed Kashmir region as WW3 fears grow

India has launched several missiles at Pakistan and the disputed Kashmir region amid escalating fears of a World War III clash between the two nations.

Multiple loud explosions were heard around the city of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir. Massive blasts were also reported in two other places in the region. Following the explosions, Muzaffarabad's went into a blackout with power being cut.

"A little while ago, the Indian launched ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed," an Indian government spokesperson said. "Altogether, nine sites have been targeted."

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Indian officials claimed the strikes were "focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature." India claimed no military facilities had been targeted and that the attacks were in response to the Pahalgam terrorist attack which resulted in the deaths of 25 Indians and one Nepali citizen.

Footage taken at the site of the strikes showed huge explosions in Bahawalpur.

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