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Masked Men Attack Students at Jawaharlal Nehru University in India

HeadlineJan 06, 2020

In India, students across the country have taken to the streets to protest after masked men attacked students at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University Sunday. At least 40 students and professors were hospitalized with injuries after Sunday’s attack. The injured students have blamed the attack on a right-wing student group linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP party. In response to the attack, protests are being staged or organized in a slew of cities across India, including in Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore.

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