India protest hotspot offline as two shot dead

GUWAHATI : Internet access has been cut in India's northeastern city of Guwahati after violent protests over a new citizenship law saw two demonstrators shot dead by police, authorities said Friday .

On Friday morning the streets of Guwahati, the main city in Assam state, were quiet but authorities were bracing for possible new protests later in the day. The two demonstrators killed were among around 20 people being treated in hospital,"a few" of whom had gunshot wounds, said Ramen Talukdar, a doctor at a Guwahati hospital.Several thousand troops have been drafted in to help police, who fired tear gas and charged demonstrators with batons as mobile internet access was cut and curfews declared.

The Citizenship Amendment Bill , signed into law by the Indian president late Thursday, allows for the fast-tracking of applications from religious minorities from three neighbouring countries, but not Muslims.

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