Indian children burn toy guns in protest at violence

Hundreds of children from a village in India’s insurgency-wracked northeast have burned their toy guns in a symbolic protest against the violence that surrounds them, activists said today.

Indian children burn toy guns in protest at violence

Hundreds of children from a village in India’s insurgency-wracked northeast have burned their toy guns in a symbolic protest against the violence that surrounds them, activists said today.

The children, all younger than 13, held their protest on Wednesday, carrying placards reading “We hate toy guns, We love football” as they marched to the local high school playground to light the bonfire.

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