NEW DELHI, Dec 20 — Police opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southern India yesterday, killing two, an official said, as fresh violence erupted around the country over a contentious citizenship law critics say is anti-Muslim. The fatalities brought to eight the death toll from more than a...
Police officers detain demonstrators during a protest against a new citizenship law at Red Fort in Delhi December 19, 2019. — Reuters pic
Police did not confirm the death, but his father told the Times of India his son was shot after getting caught in a crowd of protesters while out to buy groceries. The past week had already seen six people killed and dozens injured in the northeastern state of Assam. In Uttar Pradesh — home to some 200 million people — the government cut both mobile internet and SMS services after hundreds of protesters in the city of Samhbal set fire to vehicles and threw stones at security forces who responded with tear gas.
The day’s biggest demonstration took place in Malegaon district of Maharashtra state with as many as 60,000 people, police said.
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