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15 Injured as Students Clash in Tamil Nadu
Fifteen students of a private engineering college near here were injured in a clash between two groups of students on Saturday, police said.
There was enmity between the students of the third year and fourth year for several months and it turned violent after a wordy duel, the police said.
The groups attacked each other with bricks and bottles and wooden reapers, they said.
The injured students have been hospitalised, while 15 others detained for interrogation,they added.
A posse of police has been posted near the college to prevent any further untoward incidents.
14 Killed in Jihadist Attack in Burkina Faso
Armed men described as jihadists raided a village in Burkina Faso's restive north, killing 14 people, plundering and burning shops and motorbikes, local and security sources said Saturday.
The raid took place on the night of Thursday to Friday with “around 20 individuals attacking the village of Diblou and killing 14 people,” a security source said.
“The terrorists burnt shops and motorcycles. Almost the entire market was looted,” a local resident said.
“Almost all the inhabitants fled to neighbouring areas.” The poor Sahel state has been battling a rising wave of jihadist attacks over the last four years which began in the north but have since spread to the east, near the border with Togo and Benin.
Seven Naxals, Including 3 Women Gunned Down in Bastar
Seven naxals, including three women, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district on Saturday.
The gunbattle took place around 4 pm in the forest near Tiriya village under Nagarnar police station area bordering Odisha, Deputy Inspector General of police (anti- naxal operations) Sundarraj P told PTI.
A joint squad of District Reserve Guard and Special Task Force (STF) of Chhattisgarh police was carrying out an anti-naxal operation in the forests along the inter-state border.
When the team was advancing through the forest of Tiriya, around 400 km from the capital Raipur, the skirmish broke out.
Terrorists Attempt to Infiltrate PoK, 1 Soldier Killed
A group of terrorists attempted to infiltrate from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) at 0220 hours today in Machhal Sector.
The bid was foiled by our alert troops. One soldier was martyred in the operation.
(Source: ANI)