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Hindu falla burning sparks outrage: Indian man attempts to set himself alight
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 @ 11:55 PM

A NEAR-RIOT broke out in Valencia in front of one of the fallas yesterday which featured Hindu gods and goddesses that were about to be burnt down in accordance with the fiesta's tradition, upsetting the city's Indian community. And a 40-year-old Indian man was taken into police custody for attempting to set fire to himself next to the monument. Falleras fought back the crowds of Hindu follows shouting and screaming that the falla monument was going to be burnt whether they liked it or not.

Read more at thinkSPAIN.com



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