The tragic 2012 firing incident sparked a diplomatic fight between India and Italy as well as an international dispute process between them.
File photo of the Enrica Lexie. (Wikimedia Commons)
The Kerala government sanctions a research initiative on the forensic examination of the Enrica Lexie incident. Two Indian fishermen were killed in the Arabian Sea on 15 February 2012, when two Italian marines on board Italian vessel Enrica Lexie fired shots at them. It sparked a diplomatic fight between India and Italy, as well as an international dispute between them.