According to RSF, on 7 July 1997, forty men stormed into the office of the "The Asian Age" in Bangalore, brutally stabbed two journalists and chopped off the thumb of a security guard.
The mob then smashed and burned computers and office equipment. They were apparently angered by a news report about a poster in a West Bank town that depicted the Muslim prophet Muhammed as a pig. It was not clear why the mob targeted only "The Asian Age", as most newspapers, television and radio outlets in the region had reported the Israeli incident and subsequent clashes.
