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Bangalore
One killed, five injured in attack by deranged man
Staff Reporter
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Taunting provoked the attack, say police
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BANGALORE:
One person was killed and five, including a police constable, were injured when a man with mental illness attacked passers-by with a chopper on Kanakapura Road on Monday.
The mentally-ill man, who was attacked by the public in retaliation, suffered head injuries and died in a hospital.
The incident occurred around 1.15 p.m. near the State's Government's Sericulture Farm on Kanakapura Road in Thalaghatpura police station limits.
The man was identified as B.L. Rajendra (40), a law graduate and a resident of New Tharagupet. According to the police, Rajendra was mentally ill for the past few years.
The police said Rajendra grabbed a chopper from a tender coconut shop and started attacking passers-by, injuring six of them, after some persons taunted him while he was walking near the farm.
One of the injured, Ramakrishna (40), an employee of the Department of Posts and a resident of Rajaji Nagar I Block, died.
The names of the injured were given as S.D. Ganachar, Hombalaiah, Muniraju, Krishnappa and police constable N. Biradar.
The Thalaghatpura police have registered a case.
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