India says it accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan due to a 'malfunction' during 'routine maintenance'

• India said on Friday that it accidentally fired a missile into nuclear rival Pakistan.
• "In the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of a missile," India's government said.

India said on Friday that a "technical malfunction" caused it to accidentally fire a missile into the land of nuclear rival Pakistan.

The missile mishap occurred on Wednesday, according to a statement from India's Ministry of Defense.

"In the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of a missile," the government agency said in the statement.

"It is learnt that the missile landed in an area of Pakistan," it added. "While the incident is deeply regrettable, it is also a matter of relief that there has been no loss of life due to the accident."

"The Government of India has taken a serious view and ordered a high-level Court of Enquiry," the statement read.

Pakistan's military on Thursday said that the missile launched from neighboring India violated Pakistan's airspace and wound up in the province of Punjab, the Associated Press reported.

The military said the missile damaged the wall of a residential building without any causalities.

Pakistani military spokesman Major General Babar Iftikhar called the incident a "flagrant violation," according to the AP.

He added that the "supersonic missile" hit in the city of Mian Channu on Wednesday evening.

Iftikhar warned that it could have put civilians in danger and posed a threat to commercial flights, the news outlet reported.