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Three dead as police, mob clash in India’s Gujarat
(Reuters)

1 May 2006


AHMEDABAD - At least three people died and 18 were injured on Monday when rowdy mobs fought pitched battles with the police, protesting a demolition drive in a communally-sensitive city of India’s Gujarat state, police said.

Police opened fire at the violent crowd which pelted stones when civic authorities came to demolish a Muslim shrine that was on the list of properties encroaching roads in Baroda, 120 kms (75 miles) south of Ahmedabad, Gujarat’s main city.

Two of those killed died in police firing, police said.

“Muslims objected to the anti-encroachment drive and pelted stones,” Deepak Swaroop, the city police chief, told Reuters. ”We had to take action,” he added.

A curfew has been imposed in the area, the officer said. He said were no clashes between Hindus and Muslims but an alert had been sounded in sensitive areas.

Gujarat was rocked by Hindu-Muslim riots in 2002 when 59 Hindus were burnt to death in a train compartment, allegedly by a Muslim mob.

Human rights groups say about 2,500 people -- mostly Muslims -- were killed in the retaliatory clashes all over the state. Official estimates put the figure at more than 1,000 incidents.  



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