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North East Delhi continued to be beset by violence for the third day on Tuesday, with mob attacks on Muslim neighbourhoods mounting. The violence, which began after attempts by mobs to evict anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protesters on Sunday, saw the death toll reach 13, with reports of arson and vandalism continuing through the day.

Delhi Police and paramilitary forces carried out flag marches in some areas after dispersing mobs, though the situation remained uncertain in many places.

Six more people were killed on Tuesday, in addition to five on Monday, according to authorities at the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital in North East Delhi. After a day of violence, reports continued to emerge on Tuesday evening of mobs in Chand Bagh area, where police used teargas in an attempt to disperse them. A Bharatiya Janata Party leader claimed that police had enforced a curfew in four neighbourhoods. Reports also emerged that police had cleared out the anti-Citizenship Act amendment protests in those areas.