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India police arrest key suspect in Muslim teen’s murder

‘Not in my name’ protests have been held after the killing of Junaid Khan and violence against Muslims.

By: Eastern Eye Staff

Indian police Saturday (8) arrested the main suspect in the murder of a 15-year-old boy, an officer said, the latest in a slew of hate crimes against Muslims in the largely Hindu nation. A group of men attacked Junaid Khan and his three brothers last month in an apparent row over seats as they travelled by train from New Delhi to their home in neighbouring Haryana state, killing him and injuring one of his brothers. One brother said the attackers accused them of carrying beef, a meat popular among many Indian Muslims but shunned by most of the country’s Hindus, who revere cows as sacred. Haryana’s…

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