Ullal: In a tragic incident, a 28-year-old resident of Kolya Saraswat Colony, Varun Gatti, lost his life on Wednesday night after an altercation with two individuals who were reportedly discarding liquor bottles near a school in the colony.

The victim, Varun, and his friend Akshay, confronted the alleged murderers, identified as Suraj and Raviraj, when they observed the duo consuming alcohol outside a building opposite the school and tossing empty beer bottles onto the road. The disagreement escalated into a heated argument, culminating in Suraj and Raviraj stabbing Varun in the back with a lethal weapon.

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Despite being rushed to a private hospital in Deralakatte by his brother and friends immediately after the attack, Varun succumbed to his injuries. The medical staff at the hospital declared him dead.

The Ullal Police have arrested the accused, Suraj and Raviraj, and an investigation into the tragic incident is underway.

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Kyiv (AP): Eight people were killed and 27 wounded in a Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa, southern Ukraine, late on Friday, Ukraine's Emergency Service said on Saturday morning.

Some of the wounded were on a bus at the epicentre of the overnight strike, the service said in a Telegram post. Trucks caught fire in the parking lot, and cars were also damaged.

The port was struck with ballistic missiles, said Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa region.

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Elsewhere, Ukrainian forces hit a Russian warship and other facilities with drones, Ukraine's General Staff said in a statement on Saturday.

The nighttime attack on Friday hit the Russian warship “Okhotnik,” according to the statement posted to the Telegram messaging app.

The ship was patrolling in the Caspian Sea near an oil and gas production platform. The extent of the damage is still being clarified, the statement added.

A drilling platform at the Filanovsky oil and gas field in the Caspian Sea was also hit. The facility is operated by Russian oil giant Lukoil. Ukrainian drones also struck a radar system in the Krasnosilske area of Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.