Seven people were killed and over 70 injured in rioting in Nuh and Gurugram districts of Haryana state after a Hindu religious procession was targeted and a mosque attacked in retaliation. Gurugram, formerly known as Gurgaon, is a city of over 1.5 million people that shares a border with New Delhi. "Muslim men attacked the Hindu procession and killed many of our people," said Praveen Babbar, a leader of Hindu Yuva Vahini (Hindu Youth Force). Haryana Police, however, said they acted swiftly and prevented riots from spreading, and that two of its men were killed in the violence. Reporting by Rupam Jain, Additional reporting by Sakshi Dayal; Editing by YP Rajesh and Raju GopalakrishnanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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