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Watch: 'We've Lost Everything,' Say Victims of Ram Navami Communal Violence in Bihar Sharif 

Ajay Kumar
Apr 10, 2023
Locals say that the carnage continued five hours, after which the police arrived. 'How will we earn a livelihood anymore, everything is gone?' asks a Bihar Sharif local.

At Bihar Sharif in Nalanda district on March 31, young men involved in a Ram Navami procession hurled petrol bombs at Muslim shops chanting “Jai Shri Ram”. Shops and buildings were burnt. As many as 4,500 Islamic literature books of the 110-year-old Azizia library were set on fire. Locals say that the carnage continued five hours, after which the police arrived.

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