Warga Muslim dan Hindu Bentrok Lantaran Tagihan Restoran
Muslims and Hindus Clash Because Restaurant Bills
Editor : Heru S Winarno
Translator : Parulian Manalu
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Mumbai (B2B) - Perselisihan terkait tagihan restoran yang tidak dibayar di kota bagian barat India berubah menjadi bentrokan antara umat Hindu dan Muslim, sehingga melukai 175 orang dan mengakibatkan empat orang tewas, Senin.
Kerusuhan itu pecah di Dhule, negara bagian Maharashtra, pada Minggu yang mengakibatkan 113 polisi cedera, sementara empat orang tewas akibat tembakan polisi untuk mengendalikan kekerasan tersebut, kata Inspektur Jenderal Khusus Deven Bharti.
"Situasi sekarang damai dan terkendali," katanya seperti dikutip straitstimes.com.
Ia menegaskan kebenaran laporan bahwa kekerasan dimulai dengan pertengkaran terkait tagihan restoran yang tidak dibayar.
Pihak berwenang memberlakukan jam malam di lokasi kerusuhan, dan mengatakan bahwa mereka akan melakukan penilaian atas situasi pada Senin malam.
Kerusuhan antar-umat Hindu dan Muslim di Dhule juga pernah pecah pada Oktober 2008, yang menyebabkan 10 orang tewas.
Mumbai - A row over an unpaid restaurant bill in a western Indian city escalated into clashes between Hindus and Muslims that injured 175 people and left four dead, police said on Monday.
The unrest broke out in Dhule in Maharashtra state on Sunday, with 113 policemen among the injured, while four people were killed in police firing to control the violence, Special Inspector General Deven Bharti told the AFP.
''The situation is now peaceful and under control,'' he said, confirming reports that the violence started with a quarrel over an unpaid restaurant bill.
Officials were maintaining a curfew imposed at the scene of the trouble and said they would assess the situation later on Monday.
Riots broke out between Hindus and Muslims in Dhule in October, 2008, leaving 10 dead.
