India says it has launched strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir

The Indian armed forces launched “Operation Sindoor,” hitting nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian government said in a statement.

No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted in the action that happened early Wednesday local time, the statement added.

“Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature,” the Indian Armed Forces said in a statement. “No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution.”

A spokesman for Pakistan’s military told broadcaster ARY that India had attacked Pakistan with missiles in three places and that Pakistan would respond.

The strikes come after last month’s deadly attack on Hindu tourists in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir.

India blamed Pakistan for the violence in which 26 men were killed and vowed to respond.

Pakistan has denied any role in the massacre of mostly Indian tourists, and offered to cooperate with a credible international investigation. India has so far not accepted the offer and several world leaders have urged both sides to exercise restraint and avoid further escalation.

Witnesses in the Pakistani Kashmir area close to the mountains around Muzaffarabad said that after they heard explosions after midnight, the city’s power was blacked out.