Dubai/Rameswaram, An Indian fisherman was killed and three others were wounded today when a security team onboard a US Navy ship fired on their boat off Dubai, aUnited Arab Emirates official said.
"The services concerned are now investigating this incident," UAE's official news agency WAM quoted Foreign Ministry official Tareq Amed al-Hidan as saying.
ABC News quoting an unnamed UAE official said the fishing boat had four Indians and two Emirate nationals on board. In Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, Karaiyur Fishermen Association President Malairajan said the dead fisherman has been identified as Sekar of Periyapattinam in Ramanathapuram district.
The injured are Muniraj, Panpuvan and Murugan who also hail from Ramanathapuram, he said adding Munira had been admitted to hospital with bullet injuries. Malairajan said fishermen from Ramanathapuram district were working for Dubai fishing companies on daily wage basis.
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