Guruvayankere: Gang attacks; 5 injured
Belthangady: Minimum five persons were injured and hospitalized when a gang attacked them with a talwar following an old rivalry on Monday night.
According to a complaint, two sons of auto driver Abdul Rahman (55), Razak (26) and Rafeeq (25), had come to their home following a function near Guruvayanekere on Monday evening. After the function, Razak had gone out on a bike. While returning from there, Safwan (24), Sharook (23) and Irshad (20) and others; who were waiting for him with a Talawar near Aramalebetta entrance, attacked Razak, his father and two brothers with the talwar. Meantime, an auto driver Hamza (27), who rushed to save them, was also attacked brutally. The miscreants fled the scene after the crime.
The injured Rahman and his children, Razak and Rafeeq, have been admitted to a Mangaluru Hospital. Auto driver Hamza has been admitted to Guruvayanakere hospital and is undergoing treatment. Safwan team who carried the attack has fled the scene after the attack, Police sources said.
Belthangady police visited the spot and investigation is on.
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Powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan, tsunami alert issued
Tokyo (PTI): A powerful earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast, and the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami alert in the region.
The quake, registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.4, occurred off the coast of Sanriku in northern Japan at around 4:53 pm (0753 GMT), at a depth of about 10 kilometres (6 miles) below the sea surface, the agency said.
Japan's NHK public television said a tsunami of up to 3 metres (10 feet) could hit the area shortly.
