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Sunday, Apr 28, 2002

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Fresh violence in Vadodara

By Manas Dasgupta

AHMEDABAD April 27. V iolence broke out in Vadodara today where at least two persons were killed and 19 injured.

Indefinite curfew was clamped in six police station areas covering almost the entire walled city of Vadodara. The city witnessed a stabbing spree and innumerable cases of arson besides firing and hurling of bombs and missiles.

In the Vadi locality people from the rival communities came out on the streets late last night and hurled stones and bombs at each other. Police said there was no immediate provocation for the disturbances and the violence could be the handiwork of gangs of criminals from the two communities. When the mobs set fire to houses and shops police opened fire killing one. Violence continued today also with hundreds of houses and shops set afire, and nine cases of stabbing, including one fatal. At least 10 persons were hospitalised with bullet injuries. The curfew clamped in Vadi and Panigate police station areas last night was extended to cover the City, Navapura, Karelibagh and Raopura areas today.

In Ahmedabad, disturbances broke out in Devjipura locality adjacent to the police commissioner's office again today. Some shops and a few posh bungalows were set on fire. Police burst teargas shells to disperse the violent crowds but to no avail. A combing operation has been launched in Vejalpur and some other localities.

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