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| 18 of the 23 people convicted in the 2002 Ode village massacre case have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a special court in Gujarat's Anand district. The remaining five have been sentenced to seven years imprisonment.
On Monday, the special court had convicted 23 people out of the 37 accused in the case. 23 others were acquitted; one accused had died during trial.
On March 1, 2002, as communal riots spread across Gujarat after the Godhra train-burning incident, a mob attacked about 20 Muslim homes in Ode. 23 people, including nine children and nine women, were killed. | |
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