August 31, 2007
Source: Reuters
AHMEDABAD, India - Hindus and Muslims attacked each other in the Indian town of Godhra on Friday, police and government officials said, in the same town in which the deadly month-long Gujarat riots began in 2002.
Friday’s violence started as a classroom squabble between Muslim and Hindu boys.
The children from both sides later complained to their parents, who then took the fight to the streets. Soon angry mobs were torching vehicles, throwing stones, looting shops, and beating each other up.
“This was enough for both the sides to come out on the streets and attack each other,” said Milind Torawane, a local government official. “We are trying to bring the situation under control.”