Shots were allegedly fired at the China-India border. What happened? Summary The de facto border (officially called the “Line of Actual Control” or LAC), located high in the Himalayas, has been the subject of territorial dispute for decades. In June, a skirmish at the border left 20 Indian troops (and an unknown number of Chinese troops) dead, allegedly from wounds related to hand-to-hand combat, high altitude, and the sub-zero temperatures in the Galwan Valley. No shots were fired at that time, but …
