Monday, September 15, 2008

Two dead in India anti-Christian riots: police

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gy3rs5jzLETcnidLdVCJsEbItqCQ

[AFP] 15 Sep 2008--Security forces killed two Hindu rioters in eastern India where violence between Hindus and Christians claimed 18 lives last month, police said Sunday.

Tensions between the two communities in Orissa state have simmered for weeks over alleged forced conversions of Hindus by the minority Christian community.

Late Saturday, paramilitary troops in the troubled Kandhamal district -- the focus of the recent religious violence -- clashed with about 50 Hindus.

The Hindus, who were trying to attack a church and the nearby house of a Christian villager, fired on the troops, injuring one of them, police said.

Two rioters were killed and 11 injured when the troops retaliated, Orissa police chief Gopal Nanda said Sunday.

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