Killings in India's worst Hindu-Muslim bloodshed in a decade eased overnight, but the death toll jumped to almost 500 as scores more bodies were pulled from the rubble, officials said on Sunday. In the bloodiest incident overnight, a mob burned four people alive in Gujarat state's Palampur town. Police opened fire to disperse the attackers, killing one. A senior government security official told Reuters the toll from the rioting across Gujarat had risen to 478, including 58 Hindus burned alive on Wednesday when a suspected Muslim mob torched a train, triggering the wave of revenge killings.

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