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AHMEDABAD, MARCH 16. At least three persons have been killed, one in Ahmedabad and two in Baroda, in incidents of stabbing and police firing in renewed violence in various parts of Gujarat since Friday night. Almost half of Baroda city (and nearly the entire walled city and eastern localities) has been placed under indefinite curfew. And curfew was extended in Ahmedabad to two more police station areas - bringing the total to five - as the violence spread to more areas in the night. It covered most of the walled city and main market areas. And indefinite curfew continued to remain in force in parts of Broach, Balasinor and Petlad towns of central Gujarat. The Army staged a flag march in Ahmedabad, Baroda and some other areas, while police bandobust was intensified in the sensitive areas in view of the stabbing incidents. A number of incidents of private firing were also reported both from Ahmedabad and Baroda. Violent mobs fought pitched battles almost throughout the night in Madhavpura area of Ahmedabad and Panigate in Baroda, throwing stones, acid bulbs and other dangerous things at each other, forcing police to open fire several times. While two persons were killed in the firing in Ahmedabad and Baroda, a person was stabbed to death in Fatehganj. An official spokesman claimed that no untoward incident had been reported during the day. The authorities are keeping their fingers crossed with night approaching, though life was near-normal in most parts of the western suburbs in Ahmedabad and Baroda.
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