this is one of the most chilling things i’ve ever heard. how genocide becomes possible.
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Over two interviews with The Caravan, the 22-year old described how during the violence in February 2020, he and other Hindu men targeted shops and vehicles belonging to Muslims [in Delhi], destroying these or setting them on fire. He admitted to beating up Muslim men for refusing to say “Jai Shri Ram.” The 22-year-old told The Caravan that the Delhi Police gave Hindu rioters free reign to target Muslims. “They told us to go and attack inside, in the Muslim areas, that they won’t come there … They said, ‘Show us that you’re Hindu,’” he said.
The 22-year-old further said that he witnessed a mob of Hindus killing three Muslim men. One among these, he said, was thrown onto a vehicle for refusing to say “Jai Shri Ram.” The mob then set the vehicle on fire, killing the man:
“He was a Muslim. Hindu brothers were passing by, told him to say, ‘Jai Shri Ram.’ He refused. … Public gathered there. While thrashing him, they put him inside.”
“Inside what?”
“Inside the car. Then burnt it.”
“And after that?”
“After that, what? Nothing. He burned.”
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