Hindu mob kills Muslim, injures 4 accused of smuggling cows for slaughter, Indian police say
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Police in northern India say a village mob beat one Muslim to death with sticks and injured four others who were accused of smuggling cows in a truck to be slaughtered for beef.
Hard-line Hindus have been trying to force a national ban on cow slaughter, triggering mob violence. A Muslim man was lynched in Uttar Pradesh state last month over false rumors his family had eaten beef for dinner.
Hindus worship cows as a sacred animal and some states ban slaughtering them.
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Police officer Somya Sambhasivam said Friday police were searching for villagers who fled after the attack Wednesday on the four Muslims in Sarahan, a village in Himachal Pradesh state. The area is nearly 260 kilometers (160 miles) north of New Delhi.