Indian troops shoot dead Pakistani crossing frontier
The shooting comes two weeks after arch-rivals India and Pakistan agreed a ceasefire after a four-day conflict, in which more than 70 people were killed in missile, drone and artillery fire.
India's Border Security Force (BSF) said its troops Friday evening had spotted 'one suspicious person advancing toward the border fence,' which lies beyond the international frontier in Gujarat state's Banaskantha district.
'They challenged the intruder, but he continued to advance, prompting them to open fire,' the BSF said in a statement. 'The intruder was neutralized on the spot.'
A photograph released by the force showed a dead man with greying hair.
The recent conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals was triggered by an attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 22, the deadliest on civilians in the contested Muslim-majority territory in decades.
New Delhi blamed Islamabad for backing the militants it said carried out the attack, charges that Pakistan denied.
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