12-10-2006, 02:28 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Tension prevails in Chennai's Brahmin locality </b>
Saturday, 09 December , 2006, 11:50Â
Chennai: Tension prevailed in a Brahmin locality in the heart of the city after unidentified men attacked two persons and hurled a petrol bomb in the area.
Police said the incident occurred at around 3 p.m. on Friday when eight persons, armed with petrol bombs, came in two autorickshaws and stormed the Ayodhya Mandapam in West Mambalam, a hall where priests meet daily.
<b>They shouted anti-Brahmin slogans and threw a bomb inside the premises, burning the screen of the stage where daily bhajans are conducted. </b>
An idol of a deity was also scarred.
<b>They also attacked a person selling the sacred thread outside the premises and another pedestrian with a sickle before speeding away, police said. </b>
<b>They shouted obscenities about the Brahmin community and threatened to "murder" those belonging to the community, police said.</b> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Saturday, 09 December , 2006, 11:50Â
Chennai: Tension prevailed in a Brahmin locality in the heart of the city after unidentified men attacked two persons and hurled a petrol bomb in the area.
Police said the incident occurred at around 3 p.m. on Friday when eight persons, armed with petrol bombs, came in two autorickshaws and stormed the Ayodhya Mandapam in West Mambalam, a hall where priests meet daily.
<b>They shouted anti-Brahmin slogans and threw a bomb inside the premises, burning the screen of the stage where daily bhajans are conducted. </b>
An idol of a deity was also scarred.
<b>They also attacked a person selling the sacred thread outside the premises and another pedestrian with a sickle before speeding away, police said. </b>
<b>They shouted obscenities about the Brahmin community and threatened to "murder" those belonging to the community, police said.</b> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->