A tragic scene unfolded Sunday in Grand Blanc, Michigan, when a 40-year-old man drove his car into a church building, opened fire on worshippers, and set the building on fire, leaving at least one person dead and several others wounded.
The plea came in the wake of the Saturday incident at Karur, where a massive crowd at a TVK campaign event led to a stampede, resulting in the death of at least 40 people and leaving dozens injured.
Karnataka Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council and BJP MLC, Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, called the Karur stampede very unfortunate and stated that it was the failure of both the state government and actor-politician Vijay. The number of casualties in the incident has risen to 40.
Congress MP and the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Sunday spoke to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin to take stock of the situation in Karur following a stampede that claimed 40 lives.
"What happened yesterday at Karur is a very big tragedy. More than 40 innocent lives have been lost. My deepest condolences to them... I urge and demand that the government of Tamil Nadu take necessary actions against those responsible for this..." Vijayendra told ANI.
TTV Dhinakaran said, "Yesterday, a sad incident happened in which 40 persons died. An elderly woman in the hospital is critical, according to doctors. In the future, such a sad tragedy should not happen, which is what the political party and the police should ensure and take as a lesson. Pol
"This is a time of tragedy. We are completely devastated because this is a very small city and the society is very closely knitted. We live as a family... Such a tragedy of this magnitude has never occured before in this place. It will take years for us to recover from this," Jothimani told
Paatali Makkal Katchi (PMK) chief Anbumani Ramadoss on Sunday said that the Karur stampede during actor Vijay's rally in Karur, which has claimed over 40 lives, "everybody has to take the blame" from the police and the political party to the general public who attended the event with child
Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy on Sunday expressed deep sorrow over the Karur stampede in Tamil Nadu that killed 40 people, calling the incident "very unfortunate."
Zelenskyy said that the strikes were "a deliberate, targeted terror against ordinary cities," with nearly 500 attack drones and more than 40 missiles, including Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, used in the operation.