2023 Palghar railway station shooting

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2023 Palghar railway station shooting
Date31 July 2023
Attack type
Shooting
WeaponAssault rifle
Deaths4
Perpetrator1 RPF officer
MotiveHate crime[1]

In the early morning of 31 July 2023, a RPF officer shot and killed four people, including his senior, near Palghar railway station. He killed his senior officer first then started shooting on nearby passengers indiscriminately.[2][3][4][5][6]

References[edit]

  1. "4 shot dead by RPF man in hate crime on moving train". Hindustan Times. 2023-08-01. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  2. "RPF jawan shoots four dead inside Jaipur-Mumbai train". The Times of India. 2023-08-01. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  3. "Indian guard kills colleague and three passengers on train, then hails Modi". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  4. "Jaipur-Mumbai train: India railway constable shoots four dead on train". BBC News. 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  5. "RPF jawan shoots four people dead, including his senior, in moving train near Mumbai". The Hindu. 2023-07-31. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  6. "Under Hindu Nationalist Leaders, Sectarian Violence Flares in India". The New York Times. 2023-08-01. Retrieved 2023-08-03.