In tense north India, Muslim family says Hindu neighbours stood guard at a wedding


LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Members of a Muslim family in northern India said they were able to conduct the wedding of a young woman last week after neighbours from the majority Hindu community stood guard in an area that was tense after deadly violence the previous day.

Two people were killed in the city of Kanpur on Dec. 20 amid protests against a new citizenship law brought by the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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