Police Open Fire For Second Day In India Protest City
Faizan Hashmi Published May 23, 2018 | 02:51 PM
Police opened fire Wednesday in a southern Indian city to disperse demonstrators who hurled petrol bombs, a day after fatally shooting 10 protesters there, witnesses said.
Tuticorin, India, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd May, 2018 ) :Police opened fire Wednesday in a southern Indian city to disperse demonstrators who hurled petrol bombs, a day after fatally shooting 10 protesters there, witnesses said.
"Police opened fire after protesters hurled home-made bombs and pelted stones at them," a witness told AFP in Tuticorin, where 10 people were killed Tuesday in police firing.
The protesters have been demanding the closure of a copper plant owned by British mining giant Vedanta Resources which they say is causing environmental damage.
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