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India Court Clears 16 Police of Killing Muslims in 1987
by Naharnet Newsdesk 21 March 2015, 13:39

A court in New Delhi on Saturday cleared all sixteen policemen accused of murdering dozens of Muslims 27 years ago in a north Indian city, a lawyer said.

More than 40 Muslims were killed in 1987 during riots in Meerut city, some 70 kilometers (43 miles) northeast of New Delhi, after local armed forces picked them up for crowding a local mosque.

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