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Residents in Indian-administered Kashmir have said there are major and multiple explosions and sirens in the city of Jammu, causing a complete blackout.
Shesh Paul Vaid, the region’s former director-general of police and a resident of Jammu, said on social media: “Bombing, shelling, or missile strikes suspected.”
“The Indian news outlets are reporting that they have intercepted drones and attacks on several locations in Jammu,” journalist Umar Meraj told Al Jazeera from Srinagar, in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Sirens are being heard in Jammu and several villages near the Line of Control, Meraj added.
“The clashes between the India and Pakistan forces are far more intense than in previous years. What used to be occasional small firearms have escalated to the heavy exchange of artillery,” the journalist explained.
The news agency Reuters, citing an unnamed Indian official, reported Pakistani attacks in Akhnoor, Samba, Kathua and multiple other locations in Jammu.
Indian and Pakistani authorities did not immediately comment.