The Indian army mistakenly fired a missile towards Pakistan, the Indian Defense Ministry announced Friday, expressing "deep regret".
"As part of routine maintenance, a technical malfunction resulted in the missile being launched by mistake" on Wednesday, the Indian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
She did not specify the type of missile, but said it fell in an "area of Pakistan". She expressed her "deep regret" for the incident and "relieved that no lives were lost".
The statement came hours after the Pakistani Foreign Ministry condemned what it described as an "unjustified violation of its airspace by a supersonic flying object originating from India".
The Indian Chargé d'Affairs in Islamabad was summoned to the Foreign Ministry to lodge a "strong protest," she added.
The "reckless firing" caused damage to property on the ground and endangered the lives of civilians and aircraft in Pakistani airspace, accusing India of "disregarding regional peace and stability," the Pakistani foreign press agency quoted the Pakistani Foreign Ministry as saying.
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