Haldwani riots in India a sign of growing state violence amid efforts to ‘erase Muslim history without bloodshed’

Aman later learned his 16-year-old brother had also been shot, after he saw the youth lying in a pool of blood. “When I saw him, I lost my mind completely,” Aman recalled of both deaths in his family. Haldwani authorities had issued shoot-on-sight orders, imposed a curfew, and suspended internet services as the violence boiled. … Read more