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India’s Border Security Force said in a statement that its soldiers “befittingly responded” and that one of its border guards was killed.

Gen. Babar Iftikhar tweeted that Indian troops opened fire and Pakistan “responded befittingly.”

He said the Indian troops responded “befittingly” to “the enemy fire.”

The Indian army said its troops “befittingly” responded to Pakistani firing and shelling along the Line of Control on Saturday in southern Rajouri district.

Anand called the incident “an unprovoked violation” of the 2003 cease-fire accord between the rivals and said the Indian troops “befittingly retaliated,” remarks given after almost every such incident along the volatile de facto border.