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“New Delhi Explosions Kill Up to 20”
By PAUL BECKETT and KRISHNA POKHAREL
September 14, 2008 4:45 a.m.
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “NEW DELHI — Indian police detained several people Sunday believed to be connected to a series of blasts in the capital that killed at least 20 people and injured more than 98, capping a summer of attacks around the nation targeted at economic areas.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Police say Indian Mujahideen is a front for the Students Islamic Movement of India — a terrorist group banned by the Indian government since 2001.”
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Friday, September 12, 2008
Fresh violence in Orissa, India
By James Varghese
Special to ASSIST News Service
ORISSA, INDIA (ANS) — Fresh violence has been reported in strife-torn Kandhamal district in Orissa, with angry people setting several houses on fire in Kurtamgarh and Mangapanga villages in Orissa this evening (September 12).
This news was reported on the website http://thehindu.com.
According to the website, the two villages come under Tumudibandha area where the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Swami Lakshmanananda and four others were killed on August 23 by a Maoist groups.
The website said administration officials and police had rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation.
Media reports say that more than 100 people reportedly have been beaten, hacked or burned to death since the mob violence began. It is estimated tens of thousands of Christians have fled their homes, many remaining in seclusion in forests and others in relief camps with police guards.
The reports also said that Manmohan Singh, India’s prime minister, has threatened to send in the military to quell the violence. He has said the government would provide financial aid to Christian families whose homes were destroyed by mobs.
The Baptist Press states, “Hindu extremists have burned not only houses and churches, but schools and orphanages.
“Hindu militants have continued to make threats in Orissa. Praveen Togadia, leader of the VHP, requested the establishment of a commission to investigate Christian missionary activity in the state and to enforce anti-conversion laws. Hindu groups in Orissa, where many tribal and lower-caste Hindus have decided to follow Christ, often accuse Christians of bribing or tricking poor Hindus into converting to Christianity. There have been several recent reports of Hindus seeking to coerce Christians to “reconvert” to Hinduism in order to return to their homes.
“Orissa has been plagued by anti-Christian violence in the past. Extremists burned hundreds of churches and homes in December. In 1999, militants burned alive Australian Baptist missionary Graham Staines and his two young sons.”
James Varghese is a reporter for the “V” TV news in Gokak, Karnataka state, India, and is freelance journalist working for ANS.
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