At least 15 killed, several injured as Pakistan shells civilian areas in J&K after India’s Operation Sindoor

Shells rained from the sky, shattering homes and lives in Rajouri, Poonch, and Tangdhar.

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00:00There was a cross-border shelling,

00:02it was not seen that it was Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, who was it.

00:07Shells rained from the sky, homes turned to rubble and lives reduced to blood, dust and silence.

00:13These scenes are from Rajawari Poonsh and Tangdar in Jammu and Kashmir

00:16where innocent civilians were caught in the storm of death and destruction.

00:20In the early hours of May 7, 2025, Pakistan initiated heavy artillery shelling along the line of control

00:27and international border in Jammu and Kashmir, targeting civilian areas in Pooch and Tangdar.

00:32This assault resulted in the tragic loss of at least 15 Indian lives and left 43 others critically injured.

00:47The shelling commenced around 1 am, catching residents off-guard as they slept.

00:52At 2.30 o'clock, when you hear the sounds, we thought it was a badal garg.

00:56Visuals from the ground showed complete devastation,

00:59roofs caved in, rubble piled up everywhere, glass shards glittered on the ground and massive holes torn into homes.

01:06This aggressive action came shortly after India launched Operation Sindur,

01:10a series of precision strikes targeting the alleged terror infrastructure sites in Pakistan and POK.

01:16A resident stated that this shelling was worse than what he witnessed during the 1971 war,

01:21and he hadn't seen something of this sort in his entire lifetime.

01:25Another resident narrated that he and his family managed to escape their home,

01:29which was also damaged in the shelling at the nick of the time.

01:32In Pooch town, heart-wrenching scenes unfolded as five members of the Sikh community

01:37were among those killed in the cross-border shelling.

01:39Following this, SAD chief Sukbir Singh Badal took to X to say that among the ones who were killed

01:45were three Gursikhs after Pakistani forces attacked the central Gurdwara,

01:49Sri Guru Singh Sabah Sahib in Pooch district.

01:51In the aftermath, markets were shut in Pooch and dozens of families began fleeing the district to safer areas.

01:58Some say they won't return until peace is restored,

02:01while others have stayed behind, determined to rebuild.

02:04The people who are, this time, one of them is one of the words that

02:07we will take the power of the wealth of the country and send the power of the country,

02:10and send the power of the country, but this time,

02:13the government will be the power of the country and the government will be the power of Pakistan.

02:17Thank you very much.