Riots in India leave 16 dead

At least 16 people were killed overnight as Hindus and Muslims attacked each other with stones, petrol bombs and acid in India’s western state of Gujarat.

At least 16 people were killed overnight as Hindus and Muslims attacked each other with stones, petrol bombs and acid in India’s western state of Gujarat.

Eleven people were died in the riots, and police shot two more in the head as they tried to disperse mobs in several parts of Ahmadabad, the state’s commercial hub.

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