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Riots in India after Austrian Sikh killing
Mon May 25, 2009 11:10am EDT
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CHANDIGARH, India (Reuters) - Two people died in protests in the Indian state of Punjab Monday and demonstrators torched vehicles and shops after a Sikh preacher was killed in an attack on a temple in the Austrian capital Vienna.
Authorities imposed a curfew on parts of Punjab and troops were deployed to violence-hit areas after people mainly from the Dalit or "untouchable" community protested against the Vienna incident.
Two people were killed and eight wounded in two separate incidents, Punjab chief secretary Ramesh Inder Singh said.
One victim was shot by troops when a crowd attacked a village police station. Protesters also blocked state highways.
The riots started in reaction to news that at least 16 people were hurt in Vienna Sunday when six armed men attacked two preachers visiting from India during a temple ceremony.
Guru Sant Rama Nand, 57, died from bullet wounds after an emergency operation, police said. The second, Guru Sant Niranjan Dass, 68, is in a stable condition.
POLICE IN DARK ABOUT MOTIVES
Two attackers were also shot in the fight that ensued when worshippers overpowered them. They are still in intensive care.
Two more were severely wounded and hospitalized and two others are now in police detention.
Austrian police said they did not know yet about the motives for the attack.
"We assume that emotions escalated because of the content of the sermon," said Werner Auticky, head of the Vienna anti-terror department.
Dass had preached in Vienna before and there had been no incidents then, he said.
Three of the attackers were residents and had previously asked for asylum in Austria, while the identity of the other three was not yet clear, police said. Around 2,800 Sikhs lived in Austria in 2001, the time of the most recent census.
SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS TENSIONS
The guru who died was from the Dera Sach Khand, a religious sect which draws large support from the lower class Dalit community and is considered separate from mainstream Sikhism. Continued...
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