The over-a-year long protest against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) at Idinthakarai village in Tirunelveli district turned violent on Monday with the police using teargas shells and making a lathicharge on the protestors as they inched towards the nuclear plant along the coast.
As news of the police action spread, violence broke out in various places in Koodankulam and in the neighbouring Thoothukudi district, leaving the entire coastal region tense. In Manapadu village of Thoothukudi district, Antony John (48) was killed when police opened fire at a crowd that charged towards a police station after setting ablaze a checkpost. Koodankulam saw a village office going up in flames.
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