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3 dead in Bengaluru, 110 arrested for rioting over Facebook post

Around 60 police personnel have sustained injuries in the violent incidents of stone pelting

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Violence broke out in Bengaluru on August 11, 2020 over a social media post. Photo: ANI

IANS Bengaluru

Three people have reportedly died and several others injured in the arson that resulted after an inflammatory social media post in parts of East Bengaluru. Over 100 rioters have been arrested, said the police on Wednesday.

Around 60 police personnel have sustained injuries in the violent incidents of stone pelting and attacks by rioters that erupted on Tuesday evening. Police had to resort to firing in order to bring the situation under control.

Prohibitory orders have been imposed in the city while curfew was clamped in the D J Halli and K G Halli police station limits. On Tuesday, the two police