Masked assailants have beaten students and teachers with sticks on the campus of a prestigious university in India's capital. More than 20 people were injured in the attack, which opposition lawmakers are trying to link to the government.
A student is seen through broken glass as she walks inside the hostel canteen room vandalized after Sunday's assault by masked assailants at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. More than 20 people were injured in the attack opposition lawmakers are trying to link to the government.
Most of the injured were treated at a hospital for cuts and bruises, said Aarti Vij, a spokeswoman at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. “The fascists in control of our nation are afraid of the voices of our brave students. Today’s violence in JNU is a reflection of that fear,” tweeted Rahul Gandhi, a leading politician from the main opposition Congress party.
Surya Prakash, a 25-year-old research scholar at the university’s Sanskrit school, said that he had been brutally beaten in his dorm room despite crying out that he is blind. An ambulance carrying injured people off campus was attacked by a group of men with sticks while police stood by, several bystanders told The Associated Press.The AP accessed an audio clip recorded by a student during the attack in which the apparent assailants could be heard shouting while they smashed windows and asking students to open the doors of their rooms.
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