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Pakistan ‘downs Indian spy plane’
Tuesday, 28 January, 2003, 14:08 GMT
Pakistan says it has shot down an unmanned Indian spy plane.
A military statement said the plane - a Remote Piloted Vehicle (RPV) - had been brought down over Pakistani-controlled Kashmir.
It said it was one of two which had crossed over into Pakistani territory in the Shingu and Hajji Pir sectors in the last 48 hours.
It said Pakistani forces took appropriate measures forcing the planes to abandon their “spying mission.”
One plane was seen to fall in flames - although it is not clear if it fell on Pakistani or Indian-held territory.
Tension has recently risen between the two countries.
Last week, they carried out tit-for-tat expulsions of officials after complaints from each side that the other was harassing its diplomats.
The two nuclear-capable neighbours came close to war after an attack by suspected Kashmir militants on the Indian parliament in 2001.
Tension only subsided after the US and others intervened to avert a possible conflict.