Hindu-Muslim riots kill 3 in Uttar Pradesh
Hindus and Muslims fought pitched battles that left three dead and 26 injured in a northern Indian town, the Uttar Pradesh authorities said yesterday after imposing a curfew.
The clashes were ignited Friday night in Mau district, 300 kilometers (200 miles) southeast of Lucknow, when Muslims objected to a Hindu religious ceremony in a Muslim-dominated area.
"Shoot-on-sight orders have been issued and people have been asked to stay indoors after communal rioting killed three persons in Mau," state government spokesman Alok Sinha said.
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