Multiple loud explosions heard in Pakistani Kashmir -Reuters witness

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MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) -Multiple loud explosions were heard in the mountains around the city of Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistani Kashmir, as well as in two other places in the region, Reuters witnesses and a Pakistani TV channel reported on Wednesday.

After the explosions, Muzaffarabad’s power was blacked out, the witnesses said. It was not immediately clear what the explosions were.

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

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The development comes amid heightened tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours in the aftermath of an attack on Hindu tourists in Indian Kashmir last month.

India blamed Pakistan for the violence in which 26 men were killed and vowed to respond. Pakistan denied that it had anything to do with the killings and said that it had intelligence that India was planning to attack.

(Reporting by Asif Shahzad, Gibran Peshimam, Ariba Shahid in Pakistan; Writing by YP Rajesh; Editing by Leslie Adler and Cynthia Osterman)

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