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A 15-year-old student from Raigad district of Maharashtra died after a javelin pierced his head in school. The incident took place on Wednesday, September 6, during a practice session, when the student was tying his shoelaces and the javelin hit his head. The deceased has been identified as Hujefa Daware, and he was a 10th-standard student at NIT English School in Purar.
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The local police released a statement after the tragic incident and confirmed that it took place on the school grounds of NIT English School. A police official from the Mangaon police station said, “Students were practicing the javelin throw. At the training, students from two ends were throwing the javelin. After throwing back, Daware bent to tie the lace of his shoe when a javelin hurled from another end hit his head.
He added that the deceased was practicing for a taluka-level competition. Not only this, but the additional SP, Raigad, Atul Zende said that police have collected the CCTV footage of the school playground to examine exactly how the accident happened.
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Zende said, "The initial investigation revealed that Daware was practicing when he was hit by a javelin and he collapsed on the spot. He was taken to the civic hospital in Goregaon in Raigad district, where the doctors declared him dead." Though the police have registered the case of accidental death, the investigation is going on.
