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| Several people have been injured after Sikh groups brandishing swords clashed at India's Golden Temple as special prayers were held to mark the deadly military offensive there in 1984. | Several people have been injured after Sikh groups brandishing swords clashed at India's Golden Temple as special prayers were held to mark the deadly military offensive there in 1984. |
| Reports said the fight at Sikhism's holiest shrine was over who would speak first at the ceremony and that a scuffle broke out over a microphone. | Reports said the fight at Sikhism's holiest shrine was over who would speak first at the ceremony and that a scuffle broke out over a microphone. |
| Footage showed men running down temple steps lashing out with their swords. | Footage showed men running down temple steps lashing out with their swords. |
| Reports said at least three people had been taken to hospital with injuries. | Reports said at least three people had been taken to hospital with injuries. |
| The Indian government says 400 people and 87 soldiers were killed during the military raid to flush out Sikh separatists from the Golden Temple at Amritsar, codenamed Operation Blue Star. | |
| But Sikh groups say the number of casualties was much higher and estimate it closer to 1,000. | |
| On Friday, hundreds of Sikhs had gathered at the shrine to remember those killed in the June 6 raid 30 years ago, but the ceremony soon erupted into chaos. | |
| "Today we were supposed to have a solemn remembrance for the martyrs of 1984, so what has happened is very sad," Prem Singh Chandumajra, a spokesman for Punjab state's ruling party Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), told reporters. | |
| "The Temple has once again been dishonoured today," he added. | |
| Mr Chandumajra said the clashes in the holy place were unacceptable and that the temple management would take action against those involved. |