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Pakistan Outraged After BSF Kills 2 Infiltrators, Claims 'They Are Our Citizens'
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News18•04-10-2026, 09:10
Pakistan Outraged After BSF Kills 2 Infiltrators, Claims 'They Are Our Citizens'
- •Pakistan summoned India's chargé d'affaires to protest the killing of two individuals by India's Border Security Force (BSF), claiming they were its citizens.
- •Two suspected Pakistani infiltrators died in a BSF operation on October 2 at the international border in Punjab's Tarn Taran district.
- •Despite warnings from BSF troops to turn back, the two infiltrators continued to advance towards the Indian border, leading to BSF opening fire.
- •Pakistani officials claimed the two killed civilians had inadvertently crossed the international boundary while visiting the border.
- •Pakistan's Foreign Office urged India to conduct an 'immediate, transparent and credible investigation' into the incident and take action against those responsible.
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Pakistan summoned India's chargé d'affaires to express a strong protest over the killing of two individuals by India's Border Security Force in Punjab, claiming that the victims were innocent Pakistani citizens.
The incident occurred during the afternoon on October 2 at the international border in Punjab's Tarn Taran district.
Islamabad denied that the two victims were infiltrators, claiming instead that they were unarmed civilians who had visited the border and inadvertently crossed the international boundary.
