Posted on 06/16/2020 3:04:25 AM PDT by IndianChief
An Indian Army officer and two soldiers were killed during a violent confrontation with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on Monday night, the first such incident in the last 45 years that reflected massive escalation in the five-week border row.
The army said India lost an officer and two soldiers during the violent face-off, while there were casualties on the Chinese side as well.
The extent of casualties on the Chinese Army is not immediately clear.
According to a senior military officer, it is the first incident involving the casualty of an Indian soldier in a violent clash with the Chinese Army after 1975 when four Indian soldiers were killed in an ambush at Tulung La in Arunachal Pradesh along the de-facto border between the two countries.
Official sources said there was no firing between the two sides.
"During the de-escalation process underway in the Galwan Valley, a violent face-off took place on Monday night with casualties. The loss of lives on the Indian side includes an officer and two soldiers," the army said in a brief statement
It is learnt that the army officer killed in the clash was the commanding officer of a battalion at Galwan.
It is believed that the three army men died due to injuries sustained following stone-pelting by the Chinese side.
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Hu Xijin 胡锡进 Global Times @HuXijin_GT · 58m Based on what I know, Chinese side also suffered casualties in the Galwan Valley physical clash. I want to tell the Indian side, don’t be arrogant and misread China’s restraint as being weak. China doesn’t want to have a clash with India, but we don’t fear it.Hu Xijin 胡锡进 @HuXijin_GT
latest news is that 5 Chinese and 3 Indian Soldiers dead.
Latest update...5 Chinese killed, many injured.
Let them fight. Both are not allies of the United States.
Communist China decimated our manufacturing base and India decimated our employment base. Time to eject citizens from both countries and buy American, hire American.
Let them go back to their respective shithole countries.
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