Video: Tamil Nadu boys attack migrant worker with machete, flash 'victory' sign
A video showing four minors brutally attacking a migrant worker in Tamil Nadu with machetes has gone viral, triggering outrage and prompting a police investigation.
A migrant worker from Madhya Pradesh was brutally attacked with machetes by four minors in Tamil Nadu’s Thiruvallur district, leaving him critically injured. The incident, which was recorded on a mobile phone by the attackers themselves, has sparked outrage after the video surfaced and went viral on social media.
The videos also showed one of the attackers flashing a victory sign after the assault.
The victim, identified as Siraj, was first targeted while travelling on a moving train. The accused minors allegedly threatened him with machetes during the journey, even as they recorded a video. What began as intimidation soon escalated into a violent assault.
Siraj was later taken by the group to a secluded spot near a railway station, where he was repeatedly attacked with machetes. The assault was filmed on a phone camera, capturing the brutality of the act.
The visuals, now widely circulated online, show the extent of the violence inflicted on the migrant worker.
Siraj sustained severe injuries in the attack and is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital. His condition has been described as critical.
Police have taken note of the viral video and initiated an investigation into the incident. Further details are awaited as authorities probe the circumstances surrounding the attack and identify those involved.
PALANISWAMY EXPRESSES SHOCK
Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edapaddi K Palaniswamy reacted to the incident and called it "utterly shocking".
"The news that four 17-year-old boys, who were filming Reels with knives on a train from Chennai to Tiruttani, brutally attacked a young man from North India named Suraj—who had tried to stop them—with sickles in a murderous frenzy is utterly shocking. Just watching the video related to this attack sends chills down my spine. It's utterly shameful that hands that should be holding schoolbooks are now wielding machetes," he wrote in Tamil on X.
He launched an attack on the DMK-run state government, saying that he was overwhelmed by the "rage that Mr.@mkstalin's DMK government has pushed Tamil Nadu into such a barbaric state".
A migrant worker from Madhya Pradesh was brutally attacked with machetes by four minors in Tamil Nadu’s Thiruvallur district, leaving him critically injured. The incident, which was recorded on a mobile phone by the attackers themselves, has sparked outrage after the video surfaced and went viral on social media.
The videos also showed one of the attackers flashing a victory sign after the assault.
The victim, identified as Siraj, was first targeted while travelling on a moving train. The accused minors allegedly threatened him with machetes during the journey, even as they recorded a video. What began as intimidation soon escalated into a violent assault.
Siraj was later taken by the group to a secluded spot near a railway station, where he was repeatedly attacked with machetes. The assault was filmed on a phone camera, capturing the brutality of the act.
The visuals, now widely circulated online, show the extent of the violence inflicted on the migrant worker.
Siraj sustained severe injuries in the attack and is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital. His condition has been described as critical.
Police have taken note of the viral video and initiated an investigation into the incident. Further details are awaited as authorities probe the circumstances surrounding the attack and identify those involved.
PALANISWAMY EXPRESSES SHOCK
Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edapaddi K Palaniswamy reacted to the incident and called it "utterly shocking".
"The news that four 17-year-old boys, who were filming Reels with knives on a train from Chennai to Tiruttani, brutally attacked a young man from North India named Suraj—who had tried to stop them—with sickles in a murderous frenzy is utterly shocking. Just watching the video related to this attack sends chills down my spine. It's utterly shameful that hands that should be holding schoolbooks are now wielding machetes," he wrote in Tamil on X.
He launched an attack on the DMK-run state government, saying that he was overwhelmed by the "rage that Mr.@mkstalin's DMK government has pushed Tamil Nadu into such a barbaric state".