May 26th, 2009 - TIME
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Caste rivalries and a fight over offerings at a cash-rich Sikh temple in Vienna echoed far and wide on Monday as sectarian violence once again erupted in India's Sikh majority state of Punjab. At least two people have been killed and 14 injured since news reached Punjab yesterday via text messages and mobile phones that a Sikh preacher of a lower-caste sect, 57-year-old Sant Rama Nand, had been shot dead in a clash in a temple in Austria. Thousands of lower-caste Sikhs took to Punjab's streets armed with swords and batons, burning buses and blocking trains.
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May 26th, 2009 - Reuters
(Updates death toll, adds details) CHANDIGARH, India, May 26 (Reuters) - Troops patrolledtowns and highways in India's northern state of Punjab toenforce a curfew on Tuesday...
Punjab riots after Vienna killing
May 25th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
At least four trains have been attacked Riots have broken out in almost all towns and cities in the Indian state of Punjab after a Sikh guru was killed by a rival group in a temple in Austria. Thousands of angry protesters have taken to streets...
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