Yes yes.. the same article says they were all warning shots. Dozens were definitely killed... but in the guerilla fight. I was just making that part clear.

No one is downplaying anything, there was a lot of animosity in india against china after that. Since it happened during the COVID lockdown, which was attributed to a wuhan lab leak at the time, the animosity intensified. It still exists today.

Of course, animosity is irrelevant in geopolitics, so it is useless to try and reconcile this with varying levels of co-operation and friendly foreign ministry statements between the two countries in the 5 years since.