Three soldiers killed in border clashes between Indian and Chinese soldiers

India says three of its soldiers have been killed in clashes with the Chinese military on the contested border in the western Himalayas.

Indians claims there were casualties on "both sides " while China accused Indian troops of crossing the border line twice resulting in serious physical Confrontation in Galwan Valley in the Himalayas

Sources claim there was no gunfire and the Indian soldiers who died were stoned and hit with metal clubs by Chinese troops during a physical fight.

A Chinese state newspaper said China's military also suffered casualties, following India's claims that there were casualties on "both sides" during a "violent face-off" on Monday night.

They are the first casualties in 53 years to result from a clash between the nuclear-armed neighbours, who have been locked in a stand-off for over a month with both accusing each other of trespassing into the other's territory.

Sources claim there was no gunfire and the Indian soldiers who died were stoned and hit with metal clubs by Chinese troops during a physica Chinese state newspaper said China's military also suffered casualties, following India's claims that there were casualties on "both sides" during a "violent face-off" on Monday night.They are the first casualties in 53 years to result from a clash between the nuclear-armed neighbours, who have been locked in a stand-off for over a month with both accusing each other of trespassing into the other's territory.

China blamed India, with Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for Beijing's Foreign Ministry, claiming Indian troops crossed the border line twice, "provoking and attacking Chinese personnel, resulting in serious physical confrontation between border forces on the two sides"