OIC flays carnage against Indian Muslims

JEDDAH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned the attacks on Muslims in which 32 were killed, including women and children, in the Indian state of Assam.
OIC Secretary-General Iyad Ameen Madani has expressed concern at local media reports of hundreds of Muslim villagers fleeing their homes with belongings on pushcarts as a result of the violence.
He said that these attacks are criminal acts of brutality against innocent civilians.
Madani urged authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice and supported their efforts to bring rule of law to the areas affected by violence.  
Police arrested 22 people after authorities called in the army and imposed an indefinite curfew.
A state minister for border areas, Siddique Ahmed, said after visiting the affected areas that his government and the ruling Congress party had failed to protect the victims, who included at least eight women and as many children.
“Even two-year-old children who could barely walk have been shot dead. I have never witnessed such scenes in my life,” he told reporters.