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AHMEDABAD, India, Monday (Reuters) One man was stabbed and then beaten to death on Sunday in India's western state of Gujarat, the latest victim of communal violence which has already claimed more than 950 lives.

On Friday, police said five people died in pitched street battles between Hindus and Muslims in Ahmedabad. The body of a sixth victim, with stab wounds, was found on a city bridge early on Saturday morning.

Police discovered stockpiles of weapons, including homemade rocket launchers, in both Muslim and Hindu areas of Ahmedabad, stoking fears the violence could be entering a more lethal phase.

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