Firefighters stand near a fire rescue vehicle as they douse burnt-out tyre market premises following clashes between people supporting and opposing a contentious amendment to India's citizenship law, in New Delhi on Feb 26, 2020. - AFP
NEW DELHI (AFP): Riot police patrolled the streets of India's capital on Wednesday (Feb 26) and the city's leader called for a curfew following battles between Hindus and Muslims that claimed at least 20 lives.
The two days of unrest -- which has seen clashes between mobs armed with swords and guns -- is the worst sectarian violence seen in Delhi in decades.
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