Hyderabad religious riot

This item appears on page 17 of the June 2010 issue.

During a religious procession in Hyderabad, India, on March 30, two people were killed when a riot broke out between Hindu and Muslim youths after a Hindu group replaced Muslim street flags with Hindu ones. Police used tear gas and arrested 110 people. In debates around a movement to make the Andra Pradesh area a separate state, the city has experienced months of unrest.