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‘Violent Face-off’: Indian Soldiers Killed In Border Dispute With Chinese Military, First Deaths In 30 Years

Ryan Saavedra
‘Violent Face-off’: Indian Soldiers Killed In Border Dispute With Chinese Military, First Deaths In 30 Years
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Three Indian troops — an Army officer and two soldiers — were killed on Monday by the soldiers from communist China amid an ongoing border dispute between the world’s two most populated nations, both of which are also nuclear powers.

The incident comes amid a weeks-long stand-off between the two nations in the Galwan valley in western Himalayas which features “both accusing each other of trespassing into the other’s territory,” Reuters reported. According to the Indian Army, a “face-off” between the two sides on Monday turned deadly, with both sides suffering casualties.

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