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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Shots fired' over India and China border dispute
Indian and Chinese troops appeared to exchange warning shots along their disputed border in Ladakh on Monday, the first time firearms have been used by soldiers from the neighbouring superpowers since 1975.
While no casualties were reported, the clash is likely to further heighten tensions after the two sides were engaged in fatal hand-to-hand combat earlier this year.
China claimed on Tuesday that Indian soldiers had opened fire to ward off a unit patrolling in a contested mountainous region.
But India, officially, denied they fired shots, countering that China had used their guns to intimidate Indian forces.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/shots-fired-over-india-china-095555638.html
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'Shots fired' over India and China border dispute (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Sep 2020
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Hassin Bin Sober
(26,272 posts)1. Who has nuclear war on their 2020 bingo card?
C_U_L8R
(44,897 posts)2. Right between the asteroid and Qoronation
Le Roi de Pot
(744 posts)3. Heck this is 2020 ... anything can happen.
sl8
(13,584 posts)4. No shots fired since 1975, but 20 Indians killed this June.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53061476
[...]
Both sides insist no bullet has been fired in four decades, and the Indian army said on Tuesday that "no shots were fired" in this latest skirmish.
How a clash that did not involve an exchange of fire could prove so lethal is unclear. There are reports that it was fought with rocks and clubs
Local media outlets reported that the Indian soldiers had been "beaten to death".
[...]
[...]
Both sides insist no bullet has been fired in four decades, and the Indian army said on Tuesday that "no shots were fired" in this latest skirmish.
How a clash that did not involve an exchange of fire could prove so lethal is unclear. There are reports that it was fought with rocks and clubs
Local media outlets reported that the Indian soldiers had been "beaten to death".
[...]