Seattle’s interim police chief said Monday that she has fired a police officer who in 2023 struck and killed a graduate student from India while responding to an overdose call.

In a significant development, a Seattle police officer who killed Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula in January 2023 when the patrol vehicle he was driving struck her, has been fired from the police department,

At least eight police officers and a driver have been killed in a bomb blast in the central Indian state. Authorities blamed the attack on Maoist guerrillas.

Interim Seattle police Chief Sue Rahr announced Monday that she has fired Kevin Dave, the officer who killed Jaahnavi Kandula in a South Lake Union crosswalk while speeding in his cruiser.

Seattle police officer Kevin Dave, who killed Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula in January 2023 by striking her with his patrol vehicle while driving at over 119 km/h, has been dismissed from the police department,