Sectarain Violence Impacts Easter Celebrations in Hyderabad

(01 Apr 10 - RV) Indian police have extended a curfew to several areas of Hyderabad following four days of clashes between Hindus and Muslims that left two dead and scores injured.


The religious strife has heightened tension and worried authorities in the southern city of Andhra Pradesh state, which has also been the site of anti-Christian violence, with four pastors attacked in three separate incidents within the last month.


Archbishop Marampudi Joji of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh told us that the latest violence has impacted Easter celebrations: