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Hyderabad student shot dead in Florida in alleged mugging attempt

| | Jun 15, 2015, at 04:49 pm
Hyderabad, June 15 (IBNS): A 23-year-old student from Hyderabad has been shot dead in Florida after an apparent mugging went wrong.

The victim, identified as Sai Kiran, was reportedly shot dead after he refused to hand over his mobile phone to unidentified men who demanded it, his relatives alleged.

Kiran had recently begun his MS programme in Florida.

According to reports, Kiran was shot four times close to his residence around 12:15 pm on Sunday, and was on the phone at the time of the incident.

Kiran had completed his bachelors in engineering from Geetanjali College in Keesara, near Hyderabad. He had left for the US on May 2, to join his MS course.

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