01-29-2008, 09:07 PM
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Pioneer News Service | Kolkata/ New Delhi
In a major flare-up along Indo-Bangladesh border, a school student was killed on Tuesday and five persons, including three Bangladeshis, were injured as Border Security Force and Bangladesh Rifles traded gunfire in West Bengal's Malda and South Dinajpur districts.
<b>A class VII student was injured in South Dinajpur district when the BDR fired on the BSF.</b> The student, identified as Pinku Roy, succumbed to his injuries in a hospital.
However, sources said at least three BDR personnel and an Indian villager were killed in the fierce exchange of fire.
The BDR resorted to heavy firing along the South Dinajpur border which lasted for 15 minutes from 1pm, BSF sources said, adding the Indian border guards also returned the fire.
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Pioneer News Service | Kolkata/ New Delhi
In a major flare-up along Indo-Bangladesh border, a school student was killed on Tuesday and five persons, including three Bangladeshis, were injured as Border Security Force and Bangladesh Rifles traded gunfire in West Bengal's Malda and South Dinajpur districts.
<b>A class VII student was injured in South Dinajpur district when the BDR fired on the BSF.</b> The student, identified as Pinku Roy, succumbed to his injuries in a hospital.
However, sources said at least three BDR personnel and an Indian villager were killed in the fierce exchange of fire.
The BDR resorted to heavy firing along the South Dinajpur border which lasted for 15 minutes from 1pm, BSF sources said, adding the Indian border guards also returned the fire.
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