27/12/2011 11:00
Indian student killed in the UK
An Indian university student studying in Britain was shot dead in an apparently motiveless attack during a Christmas visit with friends to Manchester, the Independent.co.uk reports.
The 23-year-old victim, who has not been named, was gunned down at close range following a "very short" conversation with two men in Salford, Greater Manchester.
Police said the gunman shot the student in the side of the head about a minute after approaching him near a McDonald's at 1.35am yesterday. He then ran into the nearby Ordsall estate.
The Lancaster University student was taken to hospital but later died from his injuries.