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15 killed as Gujarat burns anew

AFP, Ahmedabad
The death toll in a fresh surge of sectarian violence in India's Gujarat state swelled to 15 on Wednesday, following overnight riots in and around the commercial capital Ahmedabad, police said.
Police shot dead three people as Hindu and Muslim mobs clashed during the night, pelting each other with stones and throwing crude explosive devices.
The violence, which had claimed 11 lives earlier Tuesday was triggered by the murder on Tuesday morning of a Muslim teacher who was pulled from his scooter and burned alive in the city's Sarkhej district.
To the north of Ahmedabad, police said one person was stabbed to death in Bhillora town.
The latest violence brought the number of dead in Gujarat since Sunday to 23, marking the worst
period of communal bloodletting since hundreds of people, mostly Muslims, were killed in the backlash that followed an attack on a train carrying Hindu activists on February 27.
According to official figures, around 1,000 people have now been killed in the Gujarat riots, the worst incident of sectarian unrest in India for nearly a decade.
Non-government agencies and human rights group have put the death toll as high as 2,000.
Army patrols have been deployed to quell the latest unrest, backed by personnel from the State Reserve Police and the Rapid Action Force.
On Tuesday, Home Minister L.K. Advani ruled out imposing direct "presidential rule" in Gujarat, where the state administration has been widely criticised for failing to curb the anti-Muslim violence that followed the train attack.
Opposition MPs, as well as allies of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's ruling coalition, have been united in their calls for the government to dismiss Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
Reuters adds: Soldiers and paramilitary forces patrolled flashpoints in India's western Gujarat state on Wednesday after at least 14 people were killed and 45 injured in a fresh bout of Hindu-Muslim violence.
A government official told Reuters the state cabinet was due to meet later in the day to discuss whether to step up security to head off a further flare-up of the worst religious bloodshed in India in a decade, which has claimed more than 900 lives.
"The cabinet is meeting today and it could send a formal request to the center for additional forces." a spokesman for state Chief Minister Narendra Modi said.