Chinese paper says it like it is.
Hindus were celebrating Dusherra with loudspeakers blaring devotional songs. The Bharat milap was scheduled and Muslims objected to the loudspeakers. Hindus said fine, we'll do it on Oct 29 and turned off their loudspeakers. Muslims were happy, went around and turned on their own loudspeakers. This angered Hindus. Tu-tu main main happened. First one to be killed was Hindu. Last one to be killed is Hindu - an aged grandmother nonetheless.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Three Hindus were fatally shot overnight in a tense north Indian town, bringing the total number of deaths to eight since rioting between Hindus and Muslims erupted last week, police said Monday.
One of the victims was Shushma Pandey, a grandmother who stepped out of her home in Mau, in Uttar Pradesh state, to get food for her grandchildren, said Ram Saran Srivastava, a police spokesman.
She was shot and killed by unidentified assailants, he said.
"Shops have remained closed for the past three days and there is no milk supply to this small town," Srivastava said.
Rioting started on Friday after Muslim residents objected to Hindus holding a religious ceremony in a predominantly Muslim area in Mau.
That angered many Hindus who tried to stop the Muslims from using loudspeakers during Friday prayers, leading to clashes. Rioters burned shops and attacked each other using pistols, knives and other weapons on Friday and Saturday, and outbursts of violence have erputed since then.
Authorities rushed paramilitary forces to the villages around Mau to quell violence, said Alok Sinha, the state home secretary.
Police have so far arrested 112 persons and stopped train and bus services to Mau, Srivastava said.
More than 40 percent of Mau's population of 400,000 are Muslims, mostly working as weavers in factories.
Uttar Pradesh is India's most populous state, with Muslims comprising 15 percent of its 180 million people. Mau is 300 kilometers (190 miles) southeast of Lucknow, its capital.
Muslims comprise nearly 13 percent of India's more than 1 billion people. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Hindus were celebrating Dusherra with loudspeakers blaring devotional songs. The Bharat milap was scheduled and Muslims objected to the loudspeakers. Hindus said fine, we'll do it on Oct 29 and turned off their loudspeakers. Muslims were happy, went around and turned on their own loudspeakers. This angered Hindus. Tu-tu main main happened. First one to be killed was Hindu. Last one to be killed is Hindu - an aged grandmother nonetheless.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Three Hindus were fatally shot overnight in a tense north Indian town, bringing the total number of deaths to eight since rioting between Hindus and Muslims erupted last week, police said Monday.
One of the victims was Shushma Pandey, a grandmother who stepped out of her home in Mau, in Uttar Pradesh state, to get food for her grandchildren, said Ram Saran Srivastava, a police spokesman.
She was shot and killed by unidentified assailants, he said.
"Shops have remained closed for the past three days and there is no milk supply to this small town," Srivastava said.
Rioting started on Friday after Muslim residents objected to Hindus holding a religious ceremony in a predominantly Muslim area in Mau.
That angered many Hindus who tried to stop the Muslims from using loudspeakers during Friday prayers, leading to clashes. Rioters burned shops and attacked each other using pistols, knives and other weapons on Friday and Saturday, and outbursts of violence have erputed since then.
Authorities rushed paramilitary forces to the villages around Mau to quell violence, said Alok Sinha, the state home secretary.
Police have so far arrested 112 persons and stopped train and bus services to Mau, Srivastava said.
More than 40 percent of Mau's population of 400,000 are Muslims, mostly working as weavers in factories.
Uttar Pradesh is India's most populous state, with Muslims comprising 15 percent of its 180 million people. Mau is 300 kilometers (190 miles) southeast of Lucknow, its capital.
Muslims comprise nearly 13 percent of India's more than 1 billion people. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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