INDIA, KILLING 9
Violence flared again in India when police of the Congress government fired into a crowd of demonstrating’ students in Patna January 5. Nine people were killed and 46 wounded by the cops. Several thousand students were involved. They burned down a bus depot and a government. warehouse and threw stones at the police.
The demonstration was one of a series of protest actions staged since December 9 when police fired on students at Muzaffarpur, killing two. A curfew was imposed in Patna and army units were ordered to stand by in the tense city. Demonstrations were banned and schools were closed down. .