Pakistan says attacks killed two children and wounded three others in ‘unprovoked violation’ of its airspace
Iran has launched airstrikes in Pakistan on what it described as bases for a Sunni militant group, potentially further raising tensions in region already inflamed by Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Pakistan said the attacks late on Tuesday killed two children and wounded three others in an assault it described as an “unprovoked violation” of its airspace.
Confusion followed the announcement from Iran as state media reports on it soon disappeared. However, the attack inside of nuclear-armed Pakistan by Iran threatens the relations between the two countries, which long have considered each other with suspicion while maintaining diplomatic relations.
The attack also followed Iranian strikes on Iraq and Syria less than a day earlier, as Tehran lashed out after a dual suicide bombing claimed by the Sunni militant group Islamic State that killed more than 90 people.
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency and state television said that missiles and drones were used in the strikes in Pakistan to target the Jaish al-Adl militant group. Press TV, the English-language arm of Iranian state television, attributed the attack to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
Jaish al-Adl, or the “Army of Justice,” is a Sunni militant group founded in 2012 which largely operates across the border in Pakistan.
