Valued exposure: Rioting

Bystanders look on as a building belonging to Sikh merchants burns in New Delhi

Bystanders look on as a building belonging to Sikh merchants burns in New Delhi, in the wake of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination. In the four days of rioting which following Gandhi's death over 1,000 people, mostly Sikhs were killed. 2 November 1984.

Photo by: Bedi/AFP


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