Overview

• Pakistani artillery shelling in Poonch on May 7 killed 12 civilians, including four Sikhs, and injured over 45 people.
• The sacred Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha was damaged, with four Sikh community members, including devotional singer Amrik Singh, among the deceased.
• The attack followed India's Operation Sindoor, which targeted nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.
• Religious and political leaders, including Akal Takht's Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj and SAD's Sukhbir Singh Badal, condemned the shelling and demanded martyr status and compensation for the victims.
• Residents of Poonch are evacuating the area fearing further violence, as ceasefire violations along the Line of Control continue to escalate.