Indian troops shoot dead Pakistani crossing frontier
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A Pakistan ranger standing guard at the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor complex, which runs along the India-Pakistan border in Kartarpur, on May 22.
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AHMEDABAD, India – Indian border troops shot dead a Pakistani man whom they said had crossed the international frontier and did not stop when challenged, the Border Security Force (BSF) said on May 24.
The shooting comes two weeks after arch-rivals India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire
India’s BSF said its troops had on the evening of May 23 spotted “one suspicious person advancing towards the border fence”, which lies beyond the international frontier in Gujarat state’s Banaskantha district.
“They challenged the intruder, but he continued to advance, prompting them to open fire,” BSF said in a statement. “The intruder was neutralised on the spot.”
A photograph released by the force showed a dead man with greying hair.
The recent conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals was triggered by an attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 22
New Delhi blamed Islamabad for backing the Islamist militants it said carried out the attack, charges that Pakistan denied. AFP
