Clashes between Indian police, Muslims injure 18
MUMBAI, India, Aug 11 (AP/UNB) - Police say they fired guns in the air to disperse thousands of Muslims who threw rocks and damaged about a dozen buses and police vans in India's financial capital during a demonstration against the deaths of Muslims in rioting last month in the country's northeast.
Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik says at least 13 police officers and five protesters were injured in Saturday's clashes in Mumbai.
He says the protesters also burned three TV broadcasting vans, complaining that media coverage of last month's rioting in Assam state was biased against the Muslim victims.
The clashes between ethnic Bodos and Muslim settlers mainly involved land rights. At least 53 people died and about 400,000 were forced to flee their homes.
Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik says at least 13 police officers and five protesters were injured in Saturday's clashes in Mumbai.
He says the protesters also burned three TV broadcasting vans, complaining that media coverage of last month's rioting in Assam state was biased against the Muslim victims.
The clashes between ethnic Bodos and Muslim settlers mainly involved land rights. At least 53 people died and about 400,000 were forced to flee their homes.
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