India said on Friday it accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan because of a "technical malfunction" during routine maintenance.
Highlights
- India says it accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan because of a “technical malfunction” during routine maintenance.
- The government said the missile landed in an area of Pakistan.
- The incident is “deeply regrettable” and “relieved that there has been no loss of life due to the accident,” the government said in a statement.
- The missile was fired in the course of a routine maintenance in March 2022, India said on Friday.
- The country said the incident was deeply regrettable and relieved that no one had been killed in the missile’s landing area, adding the incident is also a matter of relief that there was no one being hurt in the accident.