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Delhi riots turn one year without answers

New Delhi, Feb 23 (EFE).- The worst clashes in decades between Hindus and Muslims broke out in New Delhi exactly one year ago, leaving 53 dead and hundreds injured, with several of them still seeking justice and trying to move on with lives. (Camera: MONCHO TORRES). SHOT LIST: VICTIMS OF THE CLASHES IN NEW DELHI, INDIA. SOUND BITES IN HINDI: 1. KHURSHID SAIFI, INTERIOR DESIGNER:They beat me until I fell unconscious. Next I woke up in a hospital. My entire forehead had been split open, one of my eyes has been entirely damaged, and I had to undergo a major face operation in November, where they have had to put in plates and screws to support my cheek: I had so many fractures. I was unable to chew my food for almost six months, and even now I can't do it fully" 2. MOHAMMED WAKEEL, INTERIOR DESIGNER: "When we locked ourselves inside, the stones were being thrown to us. We also retaliated by returning those stones I wouldn ´t lie. We fought back. Then we lost all the courage and thoghht that we wouldn ´t survive. Then I told my children to run from here. I just peeked outside from the balcony and the moment I looked outside, they threw acid on my face". "I have marks here (stomach right side) and here (left shoulder), and the eyes. Now my face has improved a lot but if you see pictures from before, it was worse. I was hit by a glass bottle, so pieces of glass were taken out in the hospital."