Rajkot: Dalit youths attempted suicide at two places in Rajkot district of Gujarat today to protest the brutal assault on fellow community members for allegedly killing a cow at Una last week.

At Gondal, five Dalit youth -- Rajesh Parmar, Ramesh Pardhi, Jagdish Rathod, Bharat Solanki and Anil Maghad -- tried to end their lives by drinking poison near Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's statue in market area of the town. At Jamkandorna in the district, Kishor Solanki (30) and Amrit Parmar (25), tried to commit suicide.