Nun killed as mob attacks orphanage

Suspected Hindu hard-liners set an orphanage run by Christian missionaries on fire in eastern India on today, killing one nun and seriously injuring a priest, police said.

Nun killed as mob attacks orphanage

Suspected Hindu hard-liners set an orphanage run by Christian missionaries on fire in eastern India on today, killing one nun and seriously injuring a priest, police said.

The attack occurred in Khuntapali, a village in Orissa state, during a strike called by the World Hindu Council to protest against Saturday's killing of a Hindu religious leader and four others by suspected communist rebels in another district of the state, Ashok Biswal, superintendent of police said.

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