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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Shah Meer Baloch in Rawalpindi and Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi

‘There will be war’: fear and defiance across border after Indian airstrikes in Pakistan

Crowd of people in front of a damaged restaurant with shattered glass
People gathering in front of a restaurant near the Rawalpindi cricket stadium in Pakistan on Thursday, after an alleged drone attack by India. Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images

The crowd gathered in an angry frenzy, their slogans ringing out across the streets of the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi. “There will be war,” they cried out in unison. “The war will continue till Kashmir is freed. Till India is destroyed. There will be war.”

Just hours earlier, an alleged Indian drone had crashed amid the food stalls outside the cricket stadium, injuring a passing civilian. It was one of at least 25 drones that Pakistan claimed India had sent into Pakistani territory overnight, in what they described as “another blatant military act of aggression”.

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