Indian special forces member killed in China border showdown

A soldier of Tibetan origin with India’s Special Forces has reportedly been killed in the latest border confrontation between India and China on their contested Himalayan border.

The development has   fuelled   concerns of a wider military confrontation between the two regional powers.

The death is the first reported from two incidents occurring within 48 hours on the border, two months after a battle that left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead.

India and China, which fought a border war in 1962, have each accused the other of trying to cross their unofficial frontier in the Ladakh region in an attempt to gain territory.

Neither side has announced any casualty.