10-16-2005, 06:32 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> <b>Hindu-Muslim riots leave three dead in India</b>
LUCKNOW: Hindus and Muslims fought pitched battles that left three dead and 26 injured in a northern Indian town, the authorities said on Saturday after imposing a curfew.
The clashes were ignited on Friday night in Mau district, 300 kilometres southeast of Lucknow, <b>when Muslims objected to a Hindu religious ceremony in a Muslim-dominated area</b>. âShoot-on-sight orders have been issued and people have been asked to stay indoors after communal rioting killed three persons in Mau,â state government spokesman Alok Sinha said.
âTwenty-six others have been injured and they have been admitted to hospital.â Rioters used firearms, killing two people, and one man died when police opened fire. afp<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
LUCKNOW: Hindus and Muslims fought pitched battles that left three dead and 26 injured in a northern Indian town, the authorities said on Saturday after imposing a curfew.
The clashes were ignited on Friday night in Mau district, 300 kilometres southeast of Lucknow, <b>when Muslims objected to a Hindu religious ceremony in a Muslim-dominated area</b>. âShoot-on-sight orders have been issued and people have been asked to stay indoors after communal rioting killed three persons in Mau,â state government spokesman Alok Sinha said.
âTwenty-six others have been injured and they have been admitted to hospital.â Rioters used firearms, killing two people, and one man died when police opened fire. afp<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->