India says fired at from Pakistan side, 1 killed

[Coventina]

Source: Reuters

SRINAGAR, India, June 29 (Reuters) - An Indian soldier was killed in cross-border firing in Kashmir, an Indian security official said on Monday, though Pakistan denied any violation of a six-year-old ceasefire in the disputed region.

It was not clear whether the firing on Sunday night was from separatist militants trying to sneak into the Indian side of Kashmir or from Pakistani troops.

India has in the past accused Pakistani troops of cross-border firing to help militants cross the Line of Control (LoC) dividing Kashmir between the two countries to join a nearly 20-year revolt there. Pakistan denies the accusation.

"A soldier fell to bullets fired from across the Line of Control late Sunday," an Indian army official, who did not wish to be identified, said.



Read more: http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINISL5442720090629

[Captain Hilts]

1. Everybody. Please. Stay. Calm. nt

[SkyDaddy7]

2. This is not good...

It will take the Pakistani Military's attention off of the Taliban & refocus it on India. I hope this does not happen!

[tekisui]

3. Shit.

[bdamomma]

4. oh crap both countries have nukes.

[cosmicone]

5. This is precisely why Pakistan should not get any aid

unless it agrees to give up its nukes, turns over AQ Khan and other proliferators, turns over a whole bunch of terrorists who have committed terrorist acts in Iran, Afghanistan, India, Nepal and other countries and shuts down terrorism as official state policy enforced by its ISI.

Giving Pakistan financial aid only emboldens it to behave badly.

[conspirator]

6. No one is going to start a nuclear war because of 1 cannon fodder killed. Nothing to worry nt

[neverforget]

7. Did you know that the US and the UK nearly went to war over a pig in 1859?

It was actually a territorial dispute in the San Juan Islands but the shooting of a pig nearly started another war.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War

Just FYI and not saying that this one death will lead to a war but rather wars have started or nearly so for lesser reasons.

[Posteritatis]

8. India and Pakistan routinely shoot each other up over the border

Artillery was involved the last few times. They aren't going to go to war over this.

[neverforget]

9. Did I say that they were going to war? No. i was merely pointing out

a little known historical oddity.

[panAmerican]

10. Here we go again!

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