This week’s battles between Hindus and Muslims have seen mobs armed with swords, guns and acid raze parts of a northeastern district of the Indian capital. Protests have broken out across India since the citizenship law came into force in December, leaving at least 30 people killed in clashes with police in December, mostly in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
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In pictures: India protests against a new religion-based citizenship law
At least 15 people have been killed over the last week as police cracked down on demonstrators and more than 1,200 — including political leaders, have been detained — after authorities tried to quash the protests that have spread to almost all major Indian cities.