KOLLAM: Tamil Nadu fishermen attack boats from Neendakara, Kollam. The boats from Kollam were fishing in the Indian Ocean, 125 nautical miles from the coast. Four workers were injured and six boats were damaged. The attack was carried out by saying that Kerala boats would not be allowed to fish south of Vizhinjam. The incident took place at around 4 pm on Saturday.

The injured were West Bengal native Hari (46) working on the boat Hemandam; Ashiq (21), Shekhar (21) and Vanikudi, Tamil Nadu native Edwin Kumar (49), working on the boat St. Paul, owned by Ziyad, a native of Shaktikulangara. The boats from Neendakara, which were fishing in the 76 East area of the Indian Ocean, were surrounded by about 40 Tamil Nadu boats from Muttom and Colachel harbours and attacked at sea.

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