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Petrol bomb thrown at mosque in Coimbatore

2020-03-05

Main Information

  • Victim Names Undisclosed
  • Date of Incident 2020-03-05
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Tamil Nadu
  • City/District Coimbatore, Vedambal Nagar in Saravanampatti
  • Party in Power AIADMK

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Vedambal Nagar in Saravanampatti
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

Early on Thursday morning, a petrol bomb was thrown at the Hidayathul Sunnath Jamath Mosque in Vedhambal Nagar, close to Ganapathy. No one was hurt, however the weapon did not explode. Hours earlier, a Hindu Munnani official had been assaulted. The group demanded a bandh on Saturday from 6 am to 6 pm across the entire district in response to the assault. Unknown individuals reportedly threw the explosive as people were sleeping inside the mosque. Police were notified by people inside, who then opened an investigation and gathered nearby CCTV footage.

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