Shots Fired On India-China Flashpoint Border As Deescalation Talks Crumble | Zero Hedge
China and India have each accused the other of firing shots across the border along the contested Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the high altitude flashpoint region of Ladakh.
Line of Actual Control
Beijing charged India with a “severe military provocation” after it claimed Indian troops breached the LAC and entered the Chinese to side. They then “opened fire to threaten the Chinese border defense patrol officers,” according to the PLA charge.
An Al Jazeera correspondent in Beijing reports that “According to the Chinese side, Chinese troops approached the India side for negotiations, and then they say some Indian troops fired at the Chinese side.”
“As a result, China’s military said it was forced to take countermeasures – although we don’t know what those countermeasures were, or if there were any casualties,” the report added.
A series of high level military to military talks have thus far prevented this type of escalation since the June 15 incident which saw the rival sides clash in hand-to-hand combat, resulting in 20 Indian troop deaths and a presumed unknown number of PLA casualties.