Mangalore Church Attack

A church in Mangalore in Karnataka has been vandalised last night; its window panes and door were damaged, though the statues within remained untouched, said police sources.

The state Cabinet met on Thursday decided to withdraw 23 cases filed against members of the Christian community during the 2008 Mangalore church attacks, said Karnataka's Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar.

An interim report says that rightwing Hindu groups - the Bajrang Dal, Sri Rama Sene and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) - are to blame for 2008's Mangalore church attacks.

Unidentified miscreants hurled stones at two mosques and a Christian NGO here, injuring a boy and damaging a statue of Mother Mary, a week after attacks on two churches in the state.

A church in Mangalore in Karnataka has been vandalised last night; its window panes and door were damaged, though the statues within remained untouched, said police sources.

The state Cabinet met on Thursday decided to withdraw 23 cases filed against members of the Christian community during the 2008 Mangalore church attacks, said Karnataka's Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar.

An interim report says that rightwing Hindu groups - the Bajrang Dal, Sri Rama Sene and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) - are to blame for 2008's Mangalore church attacks.

Unidentified miscreants hurled stones at two mosques and a Christian NGO here, injuring a boy and damaging a statue of Mother Mary, a week after attacks on two churches in the state.