Jammu (India) shut down to protest Swat attacks

Source: Reuters

JAMMU, India (Reuters) - Hundreds of people shouting anti-Taliban slogans shut down shops on Friday in Jammu to protest attacks on the Sikh community in Swat Valley.

Schools were closed and buses were taken off the roads as a day-long strike called by dozens of Sikh and Hindu groups demanding protection of Sikhs from Taliban fighters took hold.

Angry protesters stopped cars and set fire to tyres on highways, bringing traffic to a complete halt, police said.

Thousands of people, including many from the minority Sikh community, have fled Pakistan's Swat Valley, as government troops battle Taliban fighters after a February peace pact to end violence in the valley collapsed.



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I"m getting to the point where any religious expression I encounter evokes contempt for the primitive. I'm so sick of the worst, that it's all starting to look the same to me- people deliberately choosing to embrace anachronism that at best is a quaint waste of time and at worst is lethal.