Mentally unstable man roaming on Kundapur streets with sharp weapon panics residents
Kundapur: A mentally unstable man on Sunday was seen roaming on the streets of residential address here with a sharp harmful weapon in his hands, posing danger to the locals.
The local residents who took note of his movement in the locality with weapon, immediately informed police about him who rushed to the spot and tried to take him under custody.
After several attempts, locals finally managed to take hold of him and detach weapon from his hands.
Several wounds of cuts were seen on his neck and private parts. He was soon rushed to hospital for treatment.
Police added that his identity, address and reason for coming to Kundapur couldn’t be ascertained and that he looked mentally ill.
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Death toll in Mundathikode fireworks explosion rises to 16
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): One more person who had been hospitalised following the Mundathikode fireworks explosion died at Thrissur Medical College on Sunday, police said.
With this, the death toll in the incident has risen to 16.
According to Thrissur Medical College police, the deceased has been identified as Unnikrishnan from Edappal, who was among the 38 persons present at the fireworks manufacturing unit in Mundathikode where the explosions occurred on April 21.
Police said Unnikrishnan had suffered over 80 per cent burns and had remained in critical condition.
The condition of the two other injured persons remains critical, police said.
Of the 38 persons present at the site, 16 have died, while four remain missing.
The fireworks were being manufactured for Thiruvambady Devaswom as part of the Thrissur Pooram festivities.
The licensee of the unit had also suffered burn injuries and had died earlier.
