New Delhi — A mob of about 150 high-caste Hindus attacked Dalit Christians attending an event at Bhoomas village in India’s Gujarat state Nov. 3. The assault, carried out to punish Dalit Christians for attending a cultural festival, left five people injured and two hospitalized.
The term Dalit is reserved for the so-called “untouchables” of India, who occupy the lowest place on the caste ladder of Hinduism. “Seeing Dalit Christians at the program, people belonging to the Thakore caste got furious and launched a violent attack on them,” said Samson Christian, joint secretary of the All India Christian Council.
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