`Blood for blood' wounds still raw

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New Delhi–For four blood-chilling days in the fall of 1984, Hindu rioters fanned through dusty alleys and leafy boulevards of this capital city thirsting for vengeance as they screamed "blood for blood." Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi had been gunned down by her two Sikh bodyguards...

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