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Indian Army personnel killed in standoff with China troops
2020-06-16
[Jpost] One Indian officer and two soldiers were killed in a standoff with China troops in the Galwan Valley along the China-India border on Monday night, according to The Times of India.

Senior military officials are meeting at the site to attempt to defuse the situation. China claims that Indian soldiers crossed the border and attacked Chinese troops, according to AFP.
Would this be the new border Chinese soldiers created by moving the markers deeper into Indian territory, or the original border that is de facto some distance back in China now?
The two sides have been locked in a standoff in the western Himalayas for weeks.
Related:
Ladakh region: 2020-05-28 Qureshi urges India to 'behave responsibly' in border dispute with China
Ladakh region: 2019-10-31 Jammu and Kashmir ceases to be a state. Split into two Union Territories
Ladakh region: 2019-08-10 Indian Forces on High Alert after Kashmir Friday Prayers
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#5  The Hindustan Times has an article datelined June 17th on the subject. I’ll work that up for the midnight rollover — to be posted under India/Pakistan, so look for it there. This nonsense has been going on for a while.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-06-16 17:34  

#4  I'll do it (If I remember...) later today
Posted by: Frank G   2020-06-16 15:54  

#3  Daily mail article saying Twenty Indian soldiers are killed and 43 Chinese troops are injured or dead after brutal hand-to-hand fighting with stones and batons broke out at border point in Kashmir.

Lots of imagery and videos at link.

Mods, can we roll this over to tomorrow as well?
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2020-06-16 15:11  

#2  This is getting a bit serious. Fox News also reportrd on this.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2020-06-16 15:00  

#1  There must be some imagery which can be quietly shared (with the Indians of course). Anyone? Bueller ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-06-16 06:56  

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