Six people died in India's southern city of Hyderabad after clashes between jubilant Hindu hardliners and protesting Muslims on the eleventh anniversary of the razing of a mosque, police said.
Twenty-four people were hurt in the incident, 12 suffering bullet injuries as police opened fire to control rampaging mobs in areas where Muslims are in a majority.
On December 6th, 1992, Hindu zealots destroyed the 16th century Babri mosque in the northern town of Ayodhya, triggering riots that killed more than 3,000 people. The row has symbolised Hindu-Muslim tension since, and sometimes exploded in violence.