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GANDHINAGAR, INDIA, March 7, 2002: Nine days after communal violence first broke out in Gujarat, the death toll now stands at 667, including the 60 persons who died in the attack on the Sabarmati Express on February 27. Official sources said the death toll in the attack on the train at Godhra had risen from 58 to 60 with the death of two persons who were seriously injured in the attack which sparked off widespread reprisals across the state. Figures available at the police control room in the state capital state that 820 persons with serious injuries are still admitted to various hospitals, many of them in a critical condition. Almost 157 of the deaths have taken place in stabbings and the rest have succumbed to burn injuries and gun-shots. Ten bodies were recovered from a village well at Ajanwaga in Godhra district on Wednesday. The victims were reportedly taking shelter in a primary school when they were surrounded by a mob and thrown into the well. The official statistics say that 99 persons have been killed in police firing. The security forces have fired 5176 rounds of ammunition at the mobs as well as 7276 tear gas shells. Nearly 2459 houses, 2082 shops, 1084 cabins and 448 vehicles, including 12 buses, have been set on fire.

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