Pakistan Defense chief says 5 Indian Air Force jets have been shot down after Indian attack during the night.
Pakistan says it shot down five Indian Air Force jets and one drone in “self-defense,” claiming Rafale jets – sophisticated multi-role fighters made in France – were among those downed as well as a MiG-29 and an SU-30 fighter.
A local resident and government official told CNN that an unidentified fighter aircraft had crashed on a school building in Indian-administered Kashmir, in the village of Wuyan.
“We heard the sound of a flying plane and then there was a big explosion. We rushed out of our homes in panic and saw it was on fire. Luckily no one was injured,” said Wuyan resident Abdul Rashid.
Photos published by AFP news agency showed aircraft wreckage lying in a field next to a red-brick building. But it was not immediately clear from the pictures of the wreckage who the aircraft belonged to but certainly not to a Rafale jet.
