Some facts about the brutality:
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Overall death toll: about 5,000
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820 persons with serious injuries are still admitted to various hospitals, many of them in critical condition
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99 persons have been killed in police firing
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security forces have fired 5176 rounds of ammunition at the mobs
- security forces have fired 7276 tear gas shells
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nearly 2459 houses have been set on fire
- approximately 2082 shops have been set on fire
- about 1084 cabins have been burned
- close to 448 vehicles, including 12 buses, have been set on fire.
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