Noorani Masjid, a destroyed mosque in the Naroda Patia neighborhood of Ahmedabad. On February 28 at least sixty-five people were killed in Naroda Patia by a 5,000-strong mob aided by the police. The attackers killed, mutilated, and burned Muslim residents of the neighborhood, gang-raped women and girls, and torched and looted their homes. The Noorani Masjid was destroyed using exploding gas cylinders. © 2002 Smita Narula/Human Rights Watch

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