Cow Vigilantes in India Killed at Least 44 People, Report Finds
- About 280 people injured in more than 100 attacks over 3 years
- Report by New York-based group comes ahead of national polls
Vehicles drive past a cow in the middle of a road in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg
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Radical cow protection groups in India have killed at least 44 people over the last three years and often received support from law enforcement and Hindu nationalist politicians, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch.
The 104-page report unveiled this week examines Hindu nationalist vigilante attacks and said 36 of the dead were members of India’s large Muslim minority. About 280 people have been injured in more than 100 attacks between May 2015 and December 2018, the report by the New York-based group said.