Mangaluru: A 15-year boy died of drowning in Nethravathi River on Saturday afternoon near Jalakadakatte in Boliyar Village here on the outskirts of the city.
The deceased boy has been identified as Fazil (15), a resident of Nadupadavu near Konaje here.
According to the reports, the incident took place when Fazil was reportedly washing his hands beside the river after completing work in a garden along with other friends. He slipped into the water and died of drowning.
Local youngsters began a search operation for the dead body, a Fazil’s body was found at around 2 pm. Konaje Police reached the spot and were investigating the matter.
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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.
