Tiruchy, Nov 9:
In a gruesome incident, two 17-year-old boys were brutally hacked to death by an unidentified armed gang near Samayapuram in Tiruchy district late on Sunday night.
The victims were identified as Rahul (17), who was living with relatives in Inam Samayapuram, and his cousin R. Vishal (17). Around 11.30 pm, when the two teenagers were walking along the Pullambadi canal near the Samayapuram tollgate, an armed gang confronted them and launched an assault with lethal weapons. Vishal died on the spot with severe cut injuries to his head and face, while Rahul sustained a slit throat.
Passersby alerted the Samayapuram police, who rushed to the scene and shifted the critically injured Rahul to the hospital; however, he succumbed to his wounds en route. Superintendent of Police Dongare Pravin Umesh inspected the crime scene and formed three special teams to track down the assailants.