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Three firemen injured in violence-hit northeast Delhi
Three firemen were injured as the Delhi Fire Service attended to 45 calls from violence-hit northeast Delhi.
New Delhi: Three firemen were injured as the Delhi Fire Service attended to 45 calls from violence-hit northeast Delhi, said a senior fire department officer on Tuesday.
On Monday, the department received 45 calls and in attending to those, a fire tender was pelted with stones while another was torched by protesters.
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Three firemen sustained injuries, he added.
Fire Director, #NortheastDelhi: We received total 45 fire calls since yesterday till 3 am today; 3 firemen got injured, 1 fire tender was set ablaze. https://t.co/N2yQ2eypt9
— ANI (@ANI) February 25, 2020
Violence spiralled over the amended citizenship law in northeast Delhi on Monday with frenzied protesters torching houses, shops, vehicles and a petrol pump, besides hurling stones.
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A head constable was among four people killed and at least 50 others, including several paramilitary and Delhi Police personnel, were injured in the violence. (PTI)