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At least 24 dead in clashes between Hindus and Muslims in India
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts a lavish reception for US President Donald Trump
Family members of Rahul Solanki, who was killed during clashes between Hindu mobs and Muslims protesting a contentious new citizenship law, weep outside a mortuary in New Delhi

THE death toll amid India’s violent rioting rose to 24 today, with the figure expecting to increase as hospitals continue to take in the wounded.

Since Sunday, clashes in New Delhi between Hindu mobs and Muslim protesters against the citizenship law have left nearly 190 injured.

Some of the dead had bullet wounds while others were stabbed or received head injuries, according to a hospital medical director.

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