TROOPS ARRIVED IN INDIA'S RIOT-TORN WESTERN STATE OF GUJARAT ON FRIDAY...

World | March 1, 2002, Friday // 00:00

Troops arrived in India's riot-torn western state of Gujarat on Friday to crush religious violence that has killed more than 190 people in two days, the worst communal bloodshed in a decade. The state's main city, Ahmedabad, and the eye of the violence, the town of Godhra, were relatively quiet on Friday, the Muslim holy day, when large crowds traditionally gather at mosques for midday prayers.

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