A Tibetan soldier in the Indian Army’s Special Frontier Force (SFF) has reportedly been killed; Chinese troops allegedly shot him in the neck during a patrol duty on Saturday night, as per a report on the website Tibet Sun. However, the Indian Army has not confirmed the report.
The 51-year-old Company Leader Nyima Tenzin of the Special Frontier Force was from the Tibetan settlement in Choglamsar, near Ladakh’s capital Leh. Another Tibetan personnel, Tenzin Loden, 24, was injured during the incident, the army has revealed.
Fresh clashes erupted between the troops of China and India in the Chushul Valley of Eastern Ladakh overnight on 29-30 August; the countries have accused each other of a transgression into their side of the Line of Actual Control. Earlier, a mid-June clash in Galwan Valley had left 20 Indian soldiers dead.
Source: Sputnik
