Ayyappa devotee killed
An Ayyappa devotee was killed and eight others, all from Bangalore, were injured when their van and lorry collided near Samayanallur, 20 km from here on Wednesday.
A statement from Amnesty International condemned Thursday's murder of Shabelle media network journalist Ahmed Adow Anshur in Mogadishu, the seventh journalist to be killed by gunmen in the past six months in Somalia.