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India bereaved by interfaith riots

2020-02-26T20:09:07.282Z


Clashes between supporters and opponents of a controversial citizenship law left 20 dead and more than 200 injured.


New Delhi

Sitting on the ground facing the emergencies of the Guru Teg Bahadur hospital, Gulfam lost his brother, killed by five bullets. On the verge of tears, he struggles to understand: "he received a shot in the head," said this resident of the Mustafabad district. "Witnesses told me that he was killed on Tuesday by men dressed in a security force uniform. He was coming out of the mosque. ” The violence that rocked northeast Delhi entered its fourth day on Wednesday. According to hospital authorities, one observation emerges: there are many gunshot victims. "It's hard to say exactly how much , " says a doctor.

The day his brother died, the neighborhood where Gulfam resides was the scene of repeated shooting. "I heard gunshots from 4 p.m. until 10 p.m.," he continues. Our mosque was burned down. Stores bearing Muslim-sounding names have been attacked. All night long, the attackers shouted “Jai Shri Ram” (long live the god Ram,

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