GUJARAT, INDIA, March 16, 2002: There has been fresh religious violence in the Indian state of Gujarat, with three people killed during disturbances in the main city, Ahmedabad, and another shot dead by police in Boroda. The latest unrest followed a controversial ceremony staged by Hindus in Ayodhya. Later in Ahmedabad, crowds of Hindus and Muslims took to the streets. Two Muslim men were killed as police fired shots to disperse mobs confronting each other in the Ahmedabad neighborhoods of Dudeshwar and Daryapur. Several Muslim shops and properties were set on fire. Curfews were imposed in Ahmedabad and Boroda.
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