What the records say
- When
- 29 Nov 1997
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 11.01° N, 76.97° E
- Description
- Sectarian violence in Tamil Nadu, India
Placed at the town its title names, Coimbatore.
1997 Coimbatore riots
Sectarian violence in Tamil Nadu, India
The 1997 Coimbatore riots occurred between 29 November 1997 and 1 December 1997 in Coimbatore triggered by a murder of a police constable by three members of radical Islamist terrorist group Al Ummah after the arrest of its General Secretary Ansari.
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