Pakistani soldiers killed two members of an Indian army patrol on the de facto border in the disputed Kashmir region on Monday and then mutilated their bodies, the Indian army said, vowing to exact revenge.
Accusations that Pakistani forces have mutilated dead Indian soldiers have in the past outraged the Indian public and intensified demands for retribution.
The Indian army said Pakistani forces fired rockets and mortar bombs at two Indian posts on the Line of Control dividing Muslim-majority Kashmir between the two sides, in the Krishna Ghati sector.
“In a unsoldierly act by the Pak army the bodies of two of our soldiers in the patrol were mutilated,” the Indian army said in a statement, referring to Pakistani forces.
“Such despicable act of Pakistan army will be appropriately responded.” – Reuters