Truck carrying migrants from India, Pak, other countries shot by Mexican soldiers, six killed
Chiapas: Mexico’s Defence Department reported on Wednesday that a truck carrying migrants from India, Pakistan, Nepal, and other countries was fired upon by Mexican soldiers near the Guatemala border which resulted in the death of six migrants.
The soldiers claimed that they heard gunfire as the truck and two other vehicles approached their position on Tuesday in the southern state of Chiapas. Two soldiers opened fire on the truck and four migrants were found dead on the spot while 12 were wounded.
The Defence Department announced in a press release that “military personnel identified identified 33 migrants of Egyptian, Nepalese, Cuban, Indian, Pakistani, and Arab nationality, of whom 4 had died, 12 injured, and 17 unharmed.” It added that two more people died after being transported to a local hospital.
Additionally, the two soldiers who fired their weapons have been relieved of duty while investigations are currently underway.
The area is reportedly a common route for smuggling migrants, who are often crammed into overcrowded freight trucks.
Irineo Mujica, a migrant rights activist who has frequently accompanied caravans in the Chiapas region, expressed skepticism that the migrants or their smugglers would have opened fire. “It is really impossible that these people would have been shooting at the army,” Mujica was quoted as saying by The Associated Press He added that most of the time they get through by paying bribes.
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Teen dies in car stunt accident in Kerala, driver held
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): A man was arrested on Monday after a 14-year-old boy was killed when a car overturned during a stunt-driving incident at Chamakala Rajiv Road beach in Chentrappinni here, police said.
The arrested accused was identified as Shajeer alias Saddam (36), a native of Kurikkuzhi in Kaipamangalam.
According to police, the incident occurred around 6 pm on Sunday when the accused allegedly performed dangerous drifting manoeuvres with an open-top Gypsy vehicle at the beach, without following any safety norms.
The accused picked up three minors — Mohammed Sinan (14), Mohammed Shafeer (14) and Ameer (12) — who were playing at the beach, and made them sit at the rear of the vehicle before driving recklessly.
While performing the drifting stunt, the vehicle went out of control and overturned, trapping Sinan underneath.
He suffered severe head injuries and succumbed to the impact, police said.
Based on a complaint, Kaipamangalam police registered a case under Section 105 (culpable homicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
After completing the preliminary probe, police arrested Shajeer on Monday.
He was later produced before a court and remanded to judicial custody, police said.
The accused is involved in 11 criminal cases.
