Jammu, May 10 -- Amid heightened hostilities, people in Jammu started moving to shelters in large numbers to take refuge as their home towns and villages have been targets of cross-border shelling.

"We are away from our homes and living in discomfort at this camp. What unfolded last night, when Pakistan attacked Jammu with drones and missiles, has certainly caused fear among us. But we stand firm with our nation in this fight against terrorism," says Ram Lal, 68, a resident of Pargwal, currently at a camp at Sahib Bandgi Ashram in Mishriwalla.

Lal, who witnessed 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak wars, is currently at the camp with almost 300 others, mostly women and children. Lal says he has no fear for his own life, but concern for his children a...