This Article is From Oct 08, 2014

CISF Soldier Kills Three Colleagues in Shooting Spree Near Kalpakkam Nuclear Plant

CISF Soldier Kills Three Colleagues in Shooting Spree Near Kalpakkam Nuclear Plant

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) base near Kalpakkam.

New Delhi: A paramilitary officer posted at the Kalpakkam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu killed three of his colleagues in a shooting spree on Wednesday morning. He has been arrested.

It was not immediately clear what provoked the attack, which took place at a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) base some 10 km from the power plant.

The CISF is tasked with guarding key government offices and monuments such as the Taj Mahal, as well as nuclear plants.

"They had assembled for morning duty when he opened fire," CISF spokesman Hemendra Singh told AFP.

"We are looking into the matter and checking what triggered this.

But we immediately detained him and handed him over to the police." He said the officer, Vijay Pratap Singh, was highly experienced and "in shock" after the attack.

"It is not as if he is a new fellow, he has been doing this service for 24 years. After questioning there will be more clarity on why it happened," he added.

Operations at the nuclear power plant were unaffected, Singh said.

The Kalpakkam nuclear power facility was battered by a massive tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004 that left 6,170 people dead in India.

Water seeped into the facility that is located on the coast after the tsunami hit. It resumed operations a year later.
 
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