- Saturday, April 20, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
NINE KILLED IN POLICE FIRING AS ACTIVISTS CALL FOR CONTINUED CLOSURE OF COPPER PLANT AT LEAST nine people were killed on Tuesday (22) after police fired at protesters calling for the closure of a Vedanta Resources-controlled copper smelter in southern India, a senior police official said. Residents of the port city of Thootukudi in Tamil Nadu state and environmentalists have been demonstrating against one of India’s biggest copper plants for more than three months, alleging it is a major source of pollution. The latest protest turned violent as a crowd waving black flags stormed the district government headquarters and an…
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