India: Courtroom shooting leaves 3 dead during murder trial
By DW
27 September 2021 |
6:47 am
In what police believe to be a gangland shooting, two men dressed as lawyers entered a court in Dehli armed with guns and killed a suspect standing trial. The assailants were shot dead on site.
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