location: Maddur
notes: Two JD(S) activists were murdered and three others sustained serious injuries when JD(S) and Congress workers allegedly attacked each other with lethal weapons at Thoppanahalli in Maddur taluk. The Police later arrested five accused, said to be Congress workers, who were also injured in the clashes. Police forces were eventually deployed.
target_text: location: Maddur, fatalities: 2