Patna: Elderly man out on morning walk slashed with sword, dies; attacker arrested

Patna Crime News: An elderly man was attacked with a sword killing him on the spot in Patna on Tuesday morning. The horrific incident took place in Kurji area under Digha police station. The man was out on a morning walk when a person suddenly attacked him with a sword.

The victim was rushed to a local hospital where doctors pronounced him brought dead. The attacker, who the police said is mentally unstable, was nabbed and thrashed by locals before being handed over to the police.

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The attacker and his brother, who disposed off the murder weapon in a drain nearby, have been arrested. The police have sent the victim's body for post-mortem and a case has been registered. 

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An employee of a sub-divisional court was shot dead at its entry point by two motorcycle-borne assailants in Bihar’s East Champaran district on Saturday (August 20), a police officer said. The deceased has been identified as Sanjay Thakur (45).

“Thakur was entering the premises of Areraj sub-divisional court around 10.30 am when two unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants gunned him down. He succumbed to his injuries in a nearby hospital,” Ranjan Kumar, the sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) of Areraj, told reporters.

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