Chennai, April 17 -- Four fishermen from Tamil Nadu in Kodiyakarai in Nagapattinam district were injured after they were allegedly attacked by a three-member unidentified gang while they were fishing in the mid sea late on Wednesday night.

They were fishing about 13 nautical miles southeast of Kodiyakarai in a fibre boat, when the gang, who came in a boat, intercepted them and attacked them, reports received here said.

The injured fishermen, who returned to the Kodiyakari shore, said the assailants also took away their gadgets, including GPS devices, walkie talkie sets, cell phones, fishing gears and the fish catch, and fled the scene.

It was not known who were behind the attack, though initial reports suggested that they could eith...