Death toll rises to 20 after Delhi riots during Trump trip

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>At least 20 people were killed in three days of clashes in New Delhi apparently sparked by US president Donald Trump’s first state visit to India&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Authorities said the death toll is expected to rise as hospitals were overflowed with dozens of injured people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>New Delhi’s top elected official&comma; chief minister Arjind Kerjiwal&comma; called for the government of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi to send the Indian army to areas in a north-eastern corner of the capital affected by the riots&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police characterised the situation as tense but under control&period; Schools remained closed&comma; and a ban on assembly continues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The clashes escalated between Hindu mobs and Muslims protesting against a contentious new citizenship law that fast-tracks naturalisation for foreign-born religious minorities of all major faiths in South Asia except Islam&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although post-mortem examinations are pending&comma; medical officials at the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital said some of those who were killed had bullet wounds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Others came to the hospital with gunshot or stab wounds&comma; injuries incurred from jumping from heights and head injuries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police said that in addition to the deaths&comma; at least 189 people were injured in the clashes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump told reporters on Tuesday that he had heard about the violence&comma; but had not discussed it with Mr Modi&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;150213" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-150213" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;02DE2E2A-4BD3-4AE5-844D-0848D09C680D&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"400" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-150213" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-150213" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">US President Donald Trump offers floral respects at the Gandhi memorial<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Instead&comma; Mr Trump praised a mega-rally Mr Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party-led government organised for him in the prime minister’s home state of Gujarat&comma; which drew an estimated 125&comma;000 people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>India has been rocked by violence since parliament approved the citizenship law in December&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Opponents have said the country is moving toward a religious citizenship test&comma; but Mr Trump&comma; in keeping with his tendency not to criticise the leaders of countries he has visited&comma; declined to comment on it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t want to discuss that&period; I want to leave that to India and hopefully they’re going to make the right decision for the people&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads3--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Black smoke rose into the sky over north-eastern New Delhi on Tuesday after Hindu protesters set fruit and vegetable shops and a Muslim shrine on fire&comma; witnesses said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;150260" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-150260" style&equals;"width&colon; 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