INDIAN RIOTS.
SERIOUS OUTBREAKS.
Wild Clashes Between Religious
Fanatics.
MANY CASUALTIES
(Australian and N.Z. Press Association.)
(Received 10.30 a.m.)
DELHI, September 30.
Serious clashes occurred between Hindus and Mohammedans resulting in a large number of casualties at the celebration of the Ganpati, a Hindu festival in centres of Bombay province.
At Surat and Nasik several police officers, including Europeans, were injured while attempting to separate fanatical, religious opponents.
At Nasik. Hindus attacked a mosque while Moslems were at prayer. A mob of 10,000 assembled and a threatening situation developed, but the crowd was persuaded to disperse.
At Surat the police were forced to open fire and disperse the rioters who stoned a Hindu procession. There were many casualties and a tense situation prevails. There was rioting also at Poona, where Moslems refused to o' 2y a police order to disperse and a fracas between Sikhs and Moslems at Hyderabad, in Deccan, to which place armed troops have been sent.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 232, 1 October 1928, Page 7
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159INDIAN RIOTS. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 232, 1 October 1928, Page 7
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