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2020-08-13 India-Pakistan

Three people killed during clashes with police in the Indian city of Bengaluru over an anti-Islam Facebook post

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At least three people on Wednesday were killed during clashes with police in the Indian city of Bengaluru overnight over an anti-Islam Facebook post that sparked protests in which a police station was attacked, and a politician’s house.https://t.co/YL5BC4P22M
— Daily Times (@dailytimespak) August 12, 2020

Unable to quell protesters using batons and tear gas, besieged officers opened fire as they risked being overpowered during the ~~violent~~ mostly peaceful unrest in a Moslem-dominated neighborhood, the southern city’s police chief told Rooters on Wednesday.

A police official said an emergency law prohibiting gatherings had been imposed in Bengaluru, a city of 12 million people best known as India’s Silicon Valley.

For some reason, here in the West we call the city Bangalore.

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