BANGALORE, INDIA: Twelve Christian prayer halls were attacked Sunday, allegedly by pro-Hindu groups, in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Chikmagalur districts of Karnataka. At least eight were attacked Dakshina Kannada district alone, and three in Mangalore; and one person was stabbed. In Kankanady, police prevented an attack and arrested three persons.
Thousands of Christians took to the streets to protest against the attacks.
Eighteen persons, including 10 policemen and three women, were injured
in three incidents of stone throwing two in Mangalore and one at
Madantyar in Belthangady. The crowd claimed the attacks were in protest against unscrupulous religious conversion.