The 2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka were the wave of attacks directed against Christian churches and prayer halls in the Indian city of Mangalore and the surrounding area of southern
Destroyed property inside Adoration Monastery, Mangalore, after it was vandalised by Bajrang Dal militants.
Activists belonging to the Bajrang Dal protested outside the gates of St Aloysius College on 29 August.
Mahendra Kumar, then Bajrang Dal state convener, reportedly claimed responsibility for the attacks on New Life prayer halls and formally apologised for the incident in February 2011.
M. F. Saldanha (centre), head of the Saldanha Commission
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Bajrang Dal is an Indian Hindutva militant organisation that forms the youth wing of the Vishva Hindu Parishad. It is a member of the Sangh Parivar, led by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a right-win
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