Sikh Preacher’s Vienna Death Sparks Riots in India

[Coventina]

Source: Bloomberg

May 25 (Bloomberg) -- Police opened fire in India’s Punjab state and authorities imposed curfews to quell violent protests by Sikhs angered by the death of a preacher in the Austrian capital, Vienna.

Demonstrators blocked roads, set trains ablaze and torched buses in several towns in Punjab and neighboring Haryana state. Troops patrolled streets in Jalandhar district, Gurmit Singh, a Punjab state police official, said by phone. Two people died in separate incidents in the state as police opened fire, Press Trust of India reported.

“Everything is under control now,” Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said in comments made to the Times Now television channel.

The violence was triggered by the death of visiting Indian preacher Sant Rama Anand, 57, shot during a brawl between rival Sikhs at a temple in Vienna’s Rudolfsheim-Fuenfhaus district yesterday.



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[msongs]

1. ain't religion wunnerful? nt

[Deja Q]

2. Only when the lack of it isn't.

People forget the main meanings for them (being nice, helpful) and prefer to focus on what's okay to do to nonbelievers.

Even many non-religious find more fun in bashing than in being nice and helpful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yiYbCJitvQ

:shrug:

[donco6]

3. Fabulous.

Just LOOK at all the good that comes out of it.

[tj2001]

4. My guru is better than your guru

Corollary 1: My guru goes to heaven faster than your guru.
Corollary 2: My dead guru smells better than your dead guru.
etc

[tj2001]

5. dup del

[riderinthestorm]

6. "Everything's under control now"... except of course until next time. nt

[JI7]

7. stupid asses