11 get death for Godhra train burning, 20 sentenced to life

A special court Tuesday sentenced 11 people to death and 20 to life imprisonment for setting a train coach on fire in Gujarat's Godhra town in February 2002

A special court Tuesday sentenced 11 people to death and 20 to life imprisonment for setting a train coach on fire in Gujarat's Godhra town in February 2002.

The Godhra train burning -- which claimed 59 lives -- triggered a communal frenzy in the state in which 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed.

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