Indian court convicts 24 in 2002 anti-Muslim riots case

A special court in India Thursday convicted 24 people for their role in one of the most notorious massacres during the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat.

The court, however, acquitted 36 others in the Gulbarg Society killings' case in the western Indian state's prosperous city of Ahmedabad.

Among those found guilty, 11 people have been convicted of murder while others were of lesser charges. The sentencing is slated for Monday.

The three-day riots date back to 2002 when over 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed in retaliatory attacks, following a train fire in which 60 Hindu pilgrims were charred to death.

The Gulbarg Society killings' case during the riots involved a Hindun mob attack on the building complex in which 69 people, mostly Muslims, were hacked and burnt to death. Endit