India's military has issued an apology for the killing of two teenage boys, shot dead by soldiers in Kashmir earlier this week.
The army opened fire at a car the boys were travelling in, hitting the car 32 times.
"We take responsibility for the death of the two boys in Kashmir," the chief of the army's northern command, General DS Hooda, told reporters late on Friday.
"We admit a mistake was made... There was some information about a white car with terrorists. Obviously, the identity was mistaken in this case," he said.
The general said an inquiry into the deaths would be carried out with "the highest standard of transparency".
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