European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday july 27,1986 4 killed in new Delhi As sikhs hindus clash world today new Delhi India a police killed two peo ple when they opened fire to Stop hindu mobs from attacking sikhs and two More died in violence that left at least 49 others injured saturday a police official said. The attacks came a Day after sikh gunmen killed 14 hindus on an intercity bus in Northern Punjab slate. Clashes including arson stoning and stabbing be tween hindus and sikhs erupted first in the Middle class Tilak Nagar residential neighbourhood and spread to other parts of the capital. Hindu families fearing sikh terrorist attacks have fled from Punjab to new Delhi s suburbs. Assistant police commissioner Arun Bhagat said two people were killed when police opened fire to quell hindu sikh riots. Another two died in stabbing he said. At least one victim was a hindu but the identities of the victims were not immediately available. Bhagat said two Gurdwara or sikh shrines were attacked by hindus and set on fire. Hindu shops and a Temple of Harijan or untouchables were also burned by sikhs police said. Chief fire officer . Deri said 31 cases of arson had been reported in the capital. Police said the violence started saturday morning after hindu refugees blocked traffic by sitting on the suburb s roads to protest the slayings. Sikhs then started shouting slogans waving swords and the com Munal clashes began police Saidt a mob of about 350 hindus attacked sikh said. At least 600 Federal troops and police were rushed to West Delhi to try to restore order. Police banned Public assemblies in the capital imposed a curfew and announced that rioters would be shot on sight. The riots in a Western suburb were the worst sectarian violence Here since the anti sikh carnage of novem Ber 1984 when hindus massacred sikhs to avenge the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her sikh body guards. As news of the bus attack spread tension an clashes also were reported in hindu dominated Harya a state and him Achal Pravesh state which Borde Punjab Punjab police reported that the sikh terrorist group called the Khal Stan commando Force had claimed responsibility for the killings of 14 hindus and on sikh on the bus Friday. Four sikh gunmen commandeered the state owned bus near the Punjab Village of Muktar about 135 Miles East of Chandigarh. The men ordered women and children off the bus segregated the sikh and hindu passengers and then began killing the hindu men one at time with revolvers and automatic weapons according to police reports. The sikh victim did not Wear the traditional turban and Beard that distinguishes the sect. Seven other peo ple five of them hindus also were injured in the at tack. It was the worst communal killing since militant sikhs began fighting in 1980 for an Independent stat called Khal Stan in the sikh dominated Punjab. Shop schools and offices were closed through much of Punjab saturday As citizens protested the slayings of the passengers. The United news of India said police and paramilitary forces continued their manhunt for the gunmen who were reported to have fled toward neighbouring Pakistan after the bus attack. The news Agency said that police arrested about 150 people overnight in Amritsar for questioning in connection with the attack. The Agency said an indefinite curfew was imposed on parts of the City including the old walled City that encircles the Golden Temple Complex the sikhs holiest shrine. Sikhs who make up less than 2 percent of India s780 million population have Long complained of discrimination by the nation s Majenty hindus. Army of firefighters succeeds in controlling blazes along Riviera Nice France up firefighters saturday brought under control Forest fires that swept across the French Riviera for two Days destroying Large sections of Forest killing an elderly woman and forcing at least 2,000 people to flee their Homes. Police officials said the More than 2,600 firefighters brought in to combat the Blaze had mastered the two most dangerous fires near the towns of Eze and Levens. Two firefighting planes were put to work dousing the last of the blazes they said. Smaller fires farther Inland away from populated areas were being brought under control they said. Residents of Eze on the Mediterranean Coas Between Nice and Monaco returned to their Homes saturday morning. A few found their houses destroyed. The charred body of a 74-year-old woman was found Friday in her Small House in Eze. Police who identified the victim Only As mrs. David said she was overlooked when the town was evacuated the previous Day. One person was seriously injured from smoke Inha lation and Burns while fighting the Blaze thursday night and several other firefighters and residents were lightly injured the authorities said. More than 16,000 acres of Forest were destroyed. The fires some of which police suspect were caused by arson were fed by hot winds gusting up to 45 Miles per hour. Conditions were aggravated by hot dry temperatures Over the past several weeks. Morning., a the Lou no Tneia nouse Pesature Ove mexican party urges blockade of . Border to Force new vote Juarez Mexico up opposition party Lead ers called for the blockading of International Bridges and ports of entry along the .-Mexico Border As the Best Way to pressure the mexican government to Call new elections. Francisco Barrio Terrazas 35, called on 3,000 demonstrators Friday night to continue blocking the main Bridge Between Juarez Mexico and Elpaso Texas although it is hurting the City eco he says the protest will be extended to other Border cities. Barrio said he would Lead the demonstrators in a human blockade of the Elpaso Bridge until Mexico Grants new elections or sends in troops to break up the protest. Protest leaders called for a massive meeting in the nearby Chamizal Park at 6 . Saturday to announce additional Strong actions to protest alleged vote fraud in the july 6 elections. Barrio who ran for governor of Chihuahua on july 6 for the opposition National action party or pan has not conceded defeat because the party contends there was massive vote fraud by the governing institutional revolutionary party or Pri. He said he was asking pan leaders to Block Bridges along the Border. Alfredo Murrias elected mayor pro Lem on the Pri ticket said he and other party members were getting fed up with pan protests. It s like we re already in the showers and they re still on the playing Field getting mad because they lost he said. We d like to get on with the business of running the City but they have nothing else to do except . Girl says Jaruzelski is a very Nice person1 Warsaw Poland up a 17-year-old american student met with communist part chief Gen. Wojcicch Jaruzelski Friday and said she Hopes their two hour talk would Lead to improved .-polish relations. He is a very Nice person and my sister said he is like a Grandfather Kimberley Kuzma of Redlands calif., told United press International. Jaruzelski received Kimberley her father Jan who left Poland at the end of world War ii Mother Kay sister Karl inc and brother Kevin at his office in downtown Warsaw. She said she sent a letter to Jaruzelski asking him to meet her to discuss .-american relations and he agreed. 94 chinese arrested after swim to Macao Macao up nearly 100 illegal Immi Grants from China who swam under cover of darkness to the tiny portuguese territory of Macao believing they would be granted Asylum were arrested saturday and will be deported authorities said. The 94 illegal immigrants 67 men and 27women, ranging in age from 12 to 36 came from nearby areas of China s Huangdong prov Ince. They will be returned following question ing officials said. Authorities said rumours were rampant in Southern China that the portuguese government would Grant residence permits to chinese who made it safely across the Bay to Macao the officials said. The officials said there is no truth to the re mors and they do not know How such reports Tot started. Macao officials this month have arrested and resumed 1,389 illegal immigrants from China. Expanding soviet Trade difficult uruguayan says Moscow up uruguayan foreign min ister Enrique Iglesias concluded a six nation european tour with an admission saturday that expanding Trade with the soviet Union will be difficult. We would like to explore new areas on Bot sides trying to reach at the same time three things Iglesias told a news conference after extensive talks. One is to expand Trade two is to diversify Trade and three is to give stability to that Trade. I think this is not easy Iglesias said. Spe Cial conditions on both sides make things More Complex. But there is a common willingness to continue exploring ways and Means to achieve these Trade bombs explode in Athens 1 blast injures policeman Athens Greece a bombs explode outside the Central offices of two greek Industrial companies saturday injuring a police office Rand causing minor damage police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blasts. Amnesty International condemned by soviets Moscow up the soviet Union Friday condemned the London based human rights organization amnesty International claiming it has invented political prisoners inside the East bloc and is used to gather information for West Ern intelligence agencies. The scathing attack on the respected human rights organization was contained in an article in the daily Ovetskaya Rossia newspaper. The newspaper said amnesty International was used to whip up an anti soviet Campaign in the West and had links with the . Centra intelligence Agency and British intelligence
