Woman hacked at a church in Tuticorin

The woman teacher Francina was scheduled to be married next month.

Tuticorin:  A young woman school teacher was hacked in a church in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin city. The victim was rushed to a hospital but later succumbed to her injuries.

The woman teacher Francina was scheduled to be married next month.

According to the police, the alleged killer, a young man, hanged himself to death after killing Francina. It is believed that the woman had turned down the man's advances.

Yesterday, a girl was killed in broad daylight at her college in Karur. Sonali, a third-year engineering student, was attacked by a former student Udhaya kumar who hit her with a broken wooden leg of a classroom desk.

After the sensational Swathi murder casein June, the government had said that everything is done for protecting women and ensuring women safety.24-year-old Swathi, a software engineer at Infosys, was hacked to death on the platform of the Nungambakkam railway station while waiting to board a train to her workplace.

The government statements seem like mere words while incidents like these keep taking place in public spaces.

Source: India today