[mukto-mona] Churches attacked in Bangalore

http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=470680&sid=nat Churches attacked in Bangalore Zeenews Bureau Mangalore, Sept 21: Fresh attacks were reported against churches in Bangalore on Sunday morning. Unidentified persons attacked three churches in the city, namely Saint Jesus and Holy Name of Jesus and another at Banasawadi. Name of the third church is yet to be confirmed. Saint Jesus is located at Mariam Palaya and Holy Name of Jesus at Raja Rajeshwari Nagar. The incident occurred at around 4:30 am. The attacks came after after the arrest of Bajrang Dal state convenor Mahendra Kumar on Friday night from Mangalore in connection with the recent communal violence in the state. Soon after the attacks on churches on September 15 in parts of Mangalore and Udupi in coastal regions and in Chikamaglur in Malnad area, Bajrang Dal owned responsibility for them, claiming that incidents of forced conversion had prompted them. The arrest followed a stern warning issued by the Centre to four states in the wake of continuing violence against the Christian community. In the advisory to Karnataka, the Union Home Ministry brought to the notice of the state government that elements behind such incidents continue to roam freely. The advisory was, however, not sent under the emergency provisions of the Constitution (Article 355). On its part, the Karnataka government described the advisory, the second to be issued, as "hasty and unwarranted". "It is a hasty step. The Centre should have waited for some more time. Our government has already brought the situation under control. There are no casualties in the attack on churches in the state," Karnataka Home Minister V S Acharya said. The attacks were allegedly carried out by members of the Sangh Parivar, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal. The B S Yeddyurappa government said that former Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh High Courts judge B K Somashekhara will probe the recent attacks on churches and subsequent violence in the state. A number of churches and prayer halls were damaged last Sunday in coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi and coffee-rich Chikmagalur. Christians' protest the next day in Dakshina Kannada district headquarters Mangalore turned violent as they clashed with Hindu groups and police. Over 70 people, including 45 policemen, were injured in the Mangalore violence.

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