https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=2023_Palghar_railway_station_shooting2023 Palghar railway station shooting - Revision history2026-08-03T15:41:11ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=2023_Palghar_railway_station_shooting&diff=404720&oldid=prevAjay Kumar at 18:53, 9 August 20232023-08-09T18:53:22Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|2023 shooting in India}}<br />
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{{Infobox civilian attack<br />
| date = 31 July 2023<br />
| fatalities = 4<br />
| motive = Hate crime<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-01 |title=4 shot dead by RPF man in hate crime on moving train |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/4-shot-dead-by-rpf-man-in-hate-crime-on-moving-train-101690830167744.html |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en}}</ref><br />
| type = Shooting<br />
| perp = 1 RPF officer<br />
| weapon = Assault rifle<br />
}}<br />
In the early morning of 31 July 2023, a RPF officer shot and killed four people, including his senior, near [[Palghar railway station]]. He killed his senior officer first then started shooting on nearby passengers indiscriminately.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-08-01 |title=RPF jawan shoots four dead inside Jaipur-Mumbai train |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/rpf-jawan-shoots-four-dead-inside-jaipur-mumbai-train/articleshow/102260189.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-08-01 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Indian guard kills colleague and three passengers on train, then hails Modi |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/31/indian-guard-kills-colleague-and-three-passengers-on-train-then-hails-modi |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=[[Al Jazeera]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-31 |title=Jaipur-Mumbai train: India railway constable shoots four dead on train |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66337287 |access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-31 |title=RPF jawan shoots four people dead, including his senior, in moving train near Mumbai |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/rpf-jawan-arrested-after-shooting-dead-four-persons-on-board-jaipur-mumbai-train/article67140905.ece |access-date=2023-08-01 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-08-01 |title=Under Hindu Nationalist Leaders, Sectarian Violence Flares in India |language=en |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/world/asia/india-hindu-muslim-violence.html?smid=nytcore-android-share |access-date=2023-08-03}}</ref><br />
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