An Indian court sentenced to death 11 Muslims found guilty of having set fire to a train carrying Hindu nationalists in Gujarat in 2002. Another 20 Muslims were sentenced to life imprisonment for the incident, which killed 59 pilgrims. The fire, which occurred when the train was at the station Dodhra also broke one of the worst waves of religious violence seen in India since independence from Britain in 1947.
More than 1,200 people died as a result of such violence., When groups of Hindus attacked neighborhoods and villages inhabited by Muslims in Gujarat from February to April 2002. Most of the victims were Muslims.
More than 1,200 people died as a result of such violence., When groups of Hindus attacked neighborhoods and villages inhabited by Muslims in Gujarat from February to April 2002. Most of the victims were Muslims.
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