Two die in fresh violence in Gujarat
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- Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 12:28:39 +0100
AHMEDABAD: At least two people were killed in police firing after fresh
Hindu-Muslim clashes in India's riot-torn western Gujarat state late on
Friday, police said. Seven people were injured in the clashes, police
said. The latest flare-up of religious violence shattered nearly a
fortnight of calm.
An indefinite curfew was imposed and paramilitary forces deployed to
prevent further violence in the town, where Hindus and Muslims pelted
stones at each other, superintendent of police Raju Bhargava told
Reuters. A senior police official said the violence broke out in Godhra
town, some 150 km north-west of Ahmedabad, Gujarat's largest city, after
a crudely made bomb was exploded by some people.
More than 2000 people, mostly Muslims, have died in reprisal killings by
Hindus after a Muslim mob firebombed a train in Godhra. "One of the dead
is Muslim, while the second victim is yet to be identified. Both died in
police firing. The situation there is under control now," Bhargava said,
adding that 43 people were arrested for their role in the violence.
More than 100,000 people, mostly Muslims, who are still living in
crowded and ramshackle relief camps, have either no home or are too
petrified to return to their homes fearing fresh attacks.
Source: Jang
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