3 Indian Troops Dead After Clashes With Chinese Soldiers Near Border
The fighting, which reportedly involved stone-throwing and batons rather than bullets, occurred Monday night and follows weeks of scuffles between Indian and Chinese troops along the border.
India's army says three of its troops, including an army officer, have been killed in a "violent faceoff" with Chinese soldiers — in the first deadly confrontation in decades on the two countries' disputed border.
The fighting, which happened Monday night and was to try to defuse tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
