New Delhi, India - A court in northern India has convicted 15 Hindus of murder and other crimes during riots following the destruction of a disputed mosque in December 1992.
The court in the city of Kanpur found the defendants guilty of burning 11 Muslims to death.
The demolition of Ayodhya's Babri mosque by hard-line Hindus sparked some of India's worst riots. About 2,000 people were killed across the country.
Many Hindus say the mosque was built on the site where the God Rama was born.
Appeals
The 11 Muslims killed in the Govind Nagar district of Kanpur were burnt to death by a Hindu mob on 10 December 1992, the court found.
Two of those killed were women, one a child.
In all, 25 people were accused of crimes in the case ranging from rioting and arson to murder.
One defendant died during the trial which went on for almost 15 years.
The other nine defendants were acquitted. Sentencing is due to be announced on 24 October.
Defence lawyer Yogesh Bhasin said his clients were innocent and appeals against their convictions would be filed in the high court.