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Story summary
- In late 2024, tensions rose in Sambhal, India, as a lawyer led supporters outside the Shahi Jama Masjid amid fears of a court ruling threatening the mosque.
- Police responded with tear gas and gunfire, killing at least five people.
- The mosque symbolizes Muslim identity in northern India, while Hindu nationalists view it as a relic of invasion and seek to dismantle it on a sacred site.
