2013 Canning riots

Quand

21 févr. 2013

Type

Émeute

Coordonnées

22.31° N, 88.67° E

Description

anti-Hindu riots in West Bengal, India

Placé à : town its title names, Canning.

Anti-Hindu riots in West Bengal, India

The 2013 Canning riots were anti-Hindu riots in state of West Bengal on 21 February 2013. The riots occurred in the Canning subdivision, after a Muslim cleric was stopped and killed by half dozen unidentified assailants near Nalekhali. Following this incident, more than 200 homes were burned down in the villages of Naliakhali, Herobhanga, Gopalpur, and Goladogra in the Canning police station area.

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