BANGALORE, INDIA, February 17, 2002: About 50 Hindus attacked a Roman Catholic church in southern India on Sunday and injured several worshippers, police said. V.V. Bhaskar, the police chief in the city of Mysore, declined to say how many people were hurt in the attack. The assailants threw stones at the church, angry at what they said were efforts to convert local villagers, who are mainly Hindus, Bhaskar said. Some Hindu groups have accused church officials of trying to attract poor Hindus with promises of money and jobs.
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