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The Hindu : States / Karnataka : Two killed in clashes over Taslima's article
- A shop in Kattanakere market gutted in fire during protests in Hassan on Monday.
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Two persons were killed,including one in police firing, and four others injured on Monday in violence during protests over publication of an article penned by Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen in a vernacular daily.
The authorities imposed dusk-to-dawn curfew in four trouble-hit localities in old Shimoga, the hometown of Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa.
While one died in police firing, the other succumbed to injuries sustained in stone-pelting in hospital, police said.
A 1500-strong crowd took out a procession to express their anger over the Kannada translation of Ms. Taslima’s article published on Sunday in a leading Kannada daily.
The procession turned violent as some persons pelted stones on vehicles. At least 20 vehicles, including eight state transport corporation buses, were damaged.
Police said as the situation threatened to go out of control, they opened fire, killing a person. Police said four others injured in stone-pelting have been hospitalised.
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Hassan was also tense after 15,000 people held a protest rally and submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner.
Several vehicles were damaged in stone-pelting and some shops were torched, police said.
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