A 19-year-old Kerala girl was allegedly shot dead in Montgomery, the capital of Alabama in the United States. The victim, identified as Mariam Susan Mathew, was asleep in her house when bullets from the upper floor allegedly pierced through the ceiling and killed her. Fr Johnson Pappachan, of Malankara Orthodox Church Diocese of South-West America, in a release, said Mariam Susan Mathew sustained bullets from the gun of an occupant on the upper floor of her house. Mariam Susan Mathew is the daughter of Boben Mathew, a native of Niranam in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district. Steps are being taken to take the body back to Kerala after completing legal formalities.

Source: Indian Express November 30, 2021 15:37 UTC