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| Senseless violence kills 14 in Gujarat |
| 2002-05-08 |
| Soldiers and paramilitary forces patrolled flashpoints in India's western Gujarat state Wednesday after at least 14 people were killed and nearly 50 injured in a fresh upsurge of Hindu-Muslim violence. "It's sheer madness ruling the streets," said Sahiteesh Dave, 29, whose store was shut by a three-day-old curfew in Ahmedabad city's mainly Hindu western outskirts. "There's no security in our lives -- nobody can predict what will happen where." Best government money can buy... Tuesday, at least 14 people died and 45 were injured in violence triggered when a Muslim teacher was dragged off his scooter on his way to work and burned to death. That sparked revenge attacks by Muslims in which one Hindu cart-puller was stabbed, burned to death and his body dumped in a well. In other clashes, people were stoned or stabbed to death. Who's keeping them whipped up? And why? Kanwar Pal Singh Gill, dubbed "Super Cop" for crushing a separatist revolt in the Sikh-majority state of Punjab in the early 1990s, has been sent to Gujarat to help restore order. Gill, appointed security adviser to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, called for more forces. Good luck to Super Cop. Bet he showers after every staff meeting with Modi... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |