20 killed, 189 wounded in Delhi riots

Security personnel patrol on a street following clashes between people supporting and opposing a contentious amendment to India`s citizenship law in New Delhi on 26 February 2020. Photo: AFP
Security personnel patrol on a street following clashes between people supporting and opposing a contentious amendment to India`s citizenship law in New Delhi on 26 February 2020. Photo: AFP

Twenty people have now died in days of sectarian riots in New Delhi, with 189 people wounded including around 60 by gunshot, the director of the hospital treating most of those affected said Wednesday.

"The death toll stands at 20, 189 people are undergoing treatment at the hospital. Around 60 have gunshot wounds," Sunil Kumar from the Guru Teg Bahadur hospital told AFP.