Three killed in riots sparked by Bush India visit

Death follows him like the plague, where ever he goes.


Fri Mar 3, 11:31 AM ET

LUCKNOW, India (AFP) - Three people were killed and several injured when protests in northern India against US

President George W. Bush'visit turned into street riots between Hindus and Muslims.
Police used teargas and truncheons to break up violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, police told AFP.

"Two of those killed are Hindus and one is a Muslim," said local government official Ghulam Abbas.

Two of the victims were shot dead, one of them a 15-year-old girl, while the a third man died in hospital after sustaining a gunshot wound, Abbas said.

Seventeen others had been admitted to hospital with injuries, he added.
Earlier police chief Ashutoch Pandey told AFP the riots had been sparked by anti-Bush protests. >>>cont


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