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Fresh violence in Ahmedabad and Baroda

Communal violence erupted afresh on Thursday night in several localities of Ahmedabad and Baroda leaving five persons injured as police opened fire to disperse mobs hurling stones and setting shops and houses on fire.

One person was stabbed and injured and several huts on the bank of Sabarmati river were set on fire by a mob at Khanjadarwaja in curfew-bound Jamalpur area, senior police officers said. A vehicle was also set ablaze.

Police lobbed teargas shells before opening fire, which left one person wounded.

Army has been called out to help the Border Security Force and police to contain the rising tide of violence.

In curfew-bound Fatehpura area of Baroda, one person was stabbed. His condition is reported to be serious.

However, no fresh untoward incident was reported from other violence-affected areas of Ahmedabad city even as indefinite curfew continued in Shahpur, Gomtipur, Vejalpur, Rakhial and Bapunagar localities of the walled city.

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