In the recent India-China border clashes in the Himalayas, border guards from both countries fought with sticks and bricks..
The video of this clash appeared on the Internet. It was apparently filmed on the Sino-Indian border, in the mountainous Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh on the so-called "
The video began circulating on Indian social media on Tuesday, hours after the Indian Ministry of Defense confirmed that there had been a fight on the border on Friday in the remote Tawang sector in northeast India.. This is the first reported incident in nearly two years..
In the video, the troops of both countries are seen in a mountainous area surrounded by green hills..
Although they are separated by barbed wire, the footage shows Indian troops beating Chinese soldiers with homemade weapons, including those that look like wooden sticks and metal pipes.. On several occasions Indian soldiers are seen throwing bricks or stones.
The disputed 3,379km border has long been a source of friction between New Delhi and Beijing, with tensions escalating sharply in June 2020 when at least 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers were killed in a clash between the two sides in Aksai China-Ladakh.