A lawyer shoots a woman in a court in India

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2023-04-21 10:21:16

This content was published on April 21, 2023 – 08:12


New Delhi, Apr 21 (EFE).- A woman suffered a gunshot wound this Friday inside a judicial complex in the south of New Delhi, one of the wealthy areas of the capital, after being shot by a lawyer with the who allegedly had a fraud dispute.

The shooting began after a man dressed as a lawyer opened fire with a weapon that he managed to introduce into the complex, evading the strict security measures, and unloaded between three and four rounds of shots at the woman, according to the police in the capital. to the Indian newspaper The Hindu.

The woman was taken to the nearby AIIMS hospital by several agents, where she remains in critical condition, according to sources from the medical center cited by the outlet.

Several videos after the shooting show the woman leaving the judicial complex with heartbreaking screams, while several of the people who accompany her forcefully squeeze the left part of her abdomen, where she allegedly received the wound, with a handkerchief.

According to the Delhi television NDTV, the woman was going to the court to testify in a case related to a financial dispute and was shot inside a judicial complex, before entering the building.

So far, the authorities have not provided details about whether the shooter was arrested or how he was able to evade the high security that usually surrounds all government or judicial buildings in New Delhi.

This incident occurs months after two shooters entered another court in the northwest of the capital on September 24 and opened fire on a well-known gangster who had come to testify that day, until both were killed by the Police. EFE

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