November 26, 2003	Wednesday	Shawwal 1, 1424

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NEW DELHI, Nov 25: An Indian court sentenced 12 people to life imprisonment on Tuesday for the massacre of Muslims in Gujarat last year.

The 12 have been charged with the murder of 14 villagers hiding in a field in the village of Ghodasar during a wave of killings.

Judge C.K. Rana of the Nadiad district court also sentenced three people to two years in prison for the Ghodasar killings.

In June, a court acquitted 20 Hindus, charged with killing 12 people in a bakery, for lack of evidence.

Gujarat’s Hindu nationalist-ruled government, faced with withering criticism from the country’s highest court, has said it will seek a fresh trial for the 20 acquitted men. —Reuters