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WRAPUP 1-More killed in India religious riots, Pope saddened

Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:56pm IST
 
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* Police ordered to shoot rioters on sight

* More deaths as violence spreads to new districts

* Pope condemns killings

By Jatindra Dash

BHUBANESWAR, India, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Police were ordered to shoot rioters on sight in an eastern Indian state on Wednesday to tame rising violence between Hindus and Christians that has killed 11 people so far and left the Pope "profoundly saddened".

Three bodies were found overnight in Orissa's rural Kandhamal district, where Hindu mobs have damaged more than a dozen churches and attacked Christian homes and an orphanage this week.

The violence, now spreading to new districts, was sparked by the murder of a Hindu leader in Kandhamal, a tribal area where Christian missionaries have been active for years.

The murdered leader had been heading a local campaign to reconvert Hindus and tribal people from Christianity.

Authorities extended a curfew and issued orders to police to shoot on sight any troublemaker in 11 towns of Kandhamal.  Continued...

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