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No warning before shooting: Indian boat survivors

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Press Trust of India Dubai
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 2:11 AM IST

"According to the survivors, there were no warnings given to them," Indian Ambassador to the UAE M K Lokesh told PTI.

"There are many versions of the incident. We have to wait for the details to emerge," the ambassador said.

An Indian fisherman was killed and three others were wounded yesterday when a security team onboard a US Navy ship fired at their small boat off the Dubai coast.

The survivors account differs from that provided by the US Navy, which said it resorted to lethal force only after issuing a series of warnings.

When asked about Dubai police chief Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim's comment that an initial investigation suggests "the boat was in its right course and did not pose any danger", the Indian envoy said: "I think we should wait for the truth to come out."

"We have requested an investigation and they have already begun that on their own," Lokesh said, adding the three injured people are recovering in a Dubai hospital.

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First Published: Jul 17 2012 | 10:35 PM IST

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