One injured in shootout by Rowdy sheeter in Puttur
Puttur: A 36-year old man was on Tuesday evening shot by four attackers who came on Indica car outside the victim’s house in Kabaka in Puttur Taluk.
The victim, identified as Abdul Qader (36), has sustained severe injuries with two bullet wounds on chest and forehead and is being treated at a private hospital in Mangaluru.
According to the family of Abdul Qader, he was assaulted several times in last two years before being shot on Tuesday evening at 6:30 pm. Qader was reportedly working as a tipper truck driver.
Qader brother Abubaker told Vartha Bharati that two years back Khader was asked by one of his friend to collect money from a person who was not paying back his loan. The person then allegedly hired a rowdy sheeter Sadiq, aka Blade Sadiq to assault Qader.
Sadiq was reportedly arrested by local police after attacking Qader and had served jail term for the attack when he was caught red handed earlier.
On Tuesday evening, when Qader was returning home from work, four people arrived in a white Indica car and one of them shot Qader on chest and a missed second shot on forehead. Qader was rushed to Puttur hospital where he was administered first aid and was later shifted to a private hospital in Mangaluru.
Abubaker also told Vartha Bharati that Qader had seen Sadiq inside the car along with three others and added that the same information has been given to the police.
The attackers fled the crime scene after the incident and are at large. Police is currently investigating the matter.
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South African police arrest suspect in mass shooting that killed 12, including 3 children
Johannesburg (AP): A 32-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with a mass shooting which claimed the lives of 12 people including three children at an unlicensed pub earlier this month, South African police said on Monday.
The man is suspected of being one of the three people who opened fire on patrons in a pub at Saulsville township, west of South Africa's capital Pretoria, killing 12 people including three children aged 3, 12 and 16.
At least 13 people were also injured during the attack, whose motive remains unknown.
According to the police, the suspect was arrested on Sunday while traveling to Botlokwa in Limpopo province, more than 340 km from where the mass shooting took place on Dec 6.
An unlicensed firearm believed to have been used during the attack was recovered from the suspect's vehicle.
“The 32-year-old suspect was intercepted by Limpopo Tracking Team on the R101 Road in Westenburg precinct. During the arrest, the team recovered an unlicensed firearm, a hand gun, believed to have been used in the commission of the multiple murders. The firearm will be taken to the Forensic Science Laboratory for ballistic analysis,” police said in statement.
The suspect was arrested on the same day that another mass shooting at a pub took place in the Bekkersdal township, west of Johannesburg, in which nine people were killed and 10 wounded when unknown gunmen opened fire on patrons.
Police have since launched a search for the suspects.
South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world and recorded more than 26,000 homicides in 2024 — an average of more than 70 a day. Firearms are by far the leading cause of death in homicides.
The country of 62 million people has relatively strict gun ownership laws, but many killings are committed with illegal guns, according to authorities.
According to police, mass shootings at unlicensed bars are becoming a serious problem. Police shut down more than 11,000 illegal taverns between April and September this year and arrested more than 18,000 people for involvement in illegal liquor sales.
