Thursday, September 04, 2008

India court demands report on anti-Christian violence

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g2HKL26IMn2CB3GEE2igPxWvkL0A

[AFP]\ 4 Sep 2008--India's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered eastern Orissa state to report on steps taken to stop a wave of anti-Christian rioting that has claimed at least 16 lives, a court official said.

Some 200 people have been arrested in connection with the riots that have left 13,000 people, mostly Christians, sheltering under police guard in seven camps in Orissa's Kandhamal district.

Thousands of others have fled to the jungles after their homes, churches and prayer halls were torched.

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