Five people, including three children, were killed in a powerful bomb explosion on Tuesday night in a colony in the coastal village of Idinthakarai, which is close to the Kundankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), the police said.
Those killed include a woman and three children, all aged below five years, they said.
Two houses were razed under the impact of the blast, they said, adding that rescue teams rushed to the spot to clear the debris and extricate people trapped under it.
DIG of police Sumith Saran and superintendent of police Vijendra Bidari also rushed to the spot. The people of Idinthakarai, the hub of protests against KNPP, backed by the anti-nuclear power group People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy, have been agitating for more than two years, demanding its closure.
Those killed include a woman and three children, all aged below five years, they said.
Two houses were razed under the impact of the blast, they said, adding that rescue teams rushed to the spot to clear the debris and extricate people trapped under it.
DIG of police Sumith Saran and superintendent of police Vijendra Bidari also rushed to the spot. The people of Idinthakarai, the hub of protests against KNPP, backed by the anti-nuclear power group People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy, have been agitating for more than two years, demanding its closure.
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