Daily Mail: 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
* The 'violent face-off' took place in Galwan valley in Ladakh region on Monday
* India reported 20 fatalities in the battle that was fought with stones & batons
* China has reported 43 casualties, but did not specify how many had died
* The incident is first such confrontation between the two Asian giants since 1975
Twenty Indian soldiers, including a colonel, have been killed and China has reported 43 casualties after brutal hand-to-hand combat broke out between the two sides at the Himalayan border.
The Indian army stated today that a 'violent face-off' erupted in the Galwan Valley in the northern Ladakh state on Monday night 'with casualties on both sides.'
Despite initially reporting just two deaths, the army this afternoon announced that the true death toll was 20 soldiers, including a colonel.
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WNU Editor: U.S. intelligence is saying that 35 Chinese soldiers were killed .... India, China Face Off in First Deadly Clash in Decades (US News and World Report). Apparently the weapons that were used were rocks and clubs .... India-China clash: An extraordinary escalation 'with rocks and clubs' (BBC).
Update: This is why this battle is worrisome .... The last time someone died in India-China border clashes, it was WAR (Shishir Upadhyaya, RT).
