Wednesday, January 9, 2013

India Pakistan firefight



Activists of the youth wing of India's ruling Congress party shout slogans as they burn an effigy depicting Pakistan during a protest in the central Indian city of Bhopal January 9, 2013. India slammed arch-rival Pakistan on Wednesday over a firefight in the disputed territory of Kashmir in which two of its soldiers were killed, and said the mutilation of one of the bodies was 'inhuman'. Placards read; 'Down with Pakistan' and 'India's youth is out in the streets in honour of martyred soldiers' (bottom L). REUTERS-Raj Patidar

(Reuters) - India denounced Pakistan on Wednesday over a firefight in the disputed territory of Kashmir in which two Indian soldiers were killed, but the nuclear-armed rivals both appeared determined to prevent the clash escalating into a full diplomatic crisis.

India summoned Pakistan's envoy in New Delhi to lodge a "strong protest", accusing a group of Pakistani soldiers it said had crossed the heavily militarized Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir of "barbaric and inhuman" behavior.

The body of one of the soldiers was found mutilated in a forested area on the side controlled by India, Rajesh K. Kalia, spokesman for the Indian army's Northern Command, said. However, he denied Indian media reports that one body had been decapitated and another had its throat slit.

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