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Friday, 28 February 2020

Delhi's Muslims pray under armed guard after week of riots

Regular Friday prayers take place amid heightened sectarian tensions in India’s capital

Muslims in Delhi have held Friday prayers under the watch of riot police after a week in which 42 people were killed and hundreds injured during the city’s worst sectarian violence in decades.

Scores of mosques in the north-east of the Indian capital held their first sermons since mobs armed with swords, guns and acid razed parts of the district on Monday.

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