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It was a pleasant sunny afternoon in Pahalgam, a small, picturesque tourist destination in Indian-administered Kashmir. Locals were mingling, and sightseers relaxing. That was until several gunmen emerged from a nearby forest. They quickly confronted the tourists and sought to determine whether they were Muslims or not by asking them to recite an Islamic verse. Those who failed the test were shot dead. Twenty-six people were killed in total before the gunmen melted away, back into the forest.

The ceasefire between India and Pakistan appeared to have been violated, mere hours after both sides agreed to pause hostilities.

Multiple blasts were heard in Srinagar and several other parts of Kashmir on Saturday. It was initially unclear where the explosions came from or where they were being directed.

Security officials in Pakistan accused India of violating the ceasefire after explosions were heard in Peshawar and Karachi and projectiles were spotted in the Gujrat area of Punjab

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Last week, militants killed 26 civilians, mostly tourists, in Kashmir, the disputed region between India and Pakistan.

The killing of 26 civilians would be bad news anywhere in the world, but in Kashmir, it could be far worse. Tensions between the two nations have always been high, ever since they were split up in the partitioning of British India in 1947, but in recent years they have increased still further.

Kashmir is often at the centre of those tensions. Although formally part of India, it has been granted special, largely autonomous status since partition, but in 2019 India effectively ended that, leading Pakistan to downgrade diplomatic relations and suspend trade.

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India JUST carried out ballistic missile attacks on multiple sites in Pakistan, hitting infrastructure in Pakistan and Occupied Kashmir. #india #paksitan #war #OperationSindoor #Military pic.twitter.com/Cexxf5znK8

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At least 26 people, including several children, have been killed and 46 injured after India launched attacks on what it claimed were nine sites of “terrorist infrastructure” inside Pakistan, in a sharp escalation of hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

Pakistan declared the strikes to be an “act of war” and claimed it had shot down five Indian air force jets and a drone. “Pakistan gives a befitting reply to India,” said the Pakistan government in a statement.

India had accused Pakistan of involvement in an attack targeting Hindu tourists in Indian Kashmir last month that killed 26 people. “We are living up to the commitment that those responsible for this attack will be held accountable,” said the Indian defence ministry.

A war between India and Pakistan could soon spill onto British streets

“India and Pakistan have clever generals, diplomats and politicians who will be able to call any conflict quits. On Britain’s streets, there are fewer restraints available. We had race riots involving Muslims and Hindus in Britain in recent years. They’re always in the offing, always ready to break out.”

Loud explosions have been heard in several places in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir as India said it had attacked “terrorist infrastructure” in nine sites and Pakistan vowed to respond to the strikes.

Pakistani officials said that a child was killed and two other people injured in missile strikes early on Wednesday.

After the explosions, power was blacked out in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir, witnesses said.

Ministry of Defence, Government of India: India has launched #OperationSindoor, a precise and restrained response to the barbaric #PahalgamTerrorAttack that claimed 26 lives, including one Nepali citizen. Focused strikes were carried out on nine #terrorist infrastructure sites in… pic.twitter.com/sCGgvxJDPy

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Get ready for the riots in Toronto.

Pakistan has ‘credible intelligence’ of Indian strike within 36 hours

Pakistan has warned that India is planning a strike on its territory within hours, as tensions continue to escalate between the two nuclear powers.

The Pakistani minister for information and broadcasting, Attaullah Tarar, said early on Wednesday that Islamabad had “credible intelligence” of an imminent Indian strike. He said it could come within 24 to 36 hours.

They’re going to have to impose an imported ethnic conflict marching permit system.