More clashes between Hindus and Muslims in India's western Gujarat state have left four people dead in the worst sectarian violence in two weeks. 

Opposing mobs defied an overnight curfew in the region's main city, Ahmedabad, and fought until dawn Monday. 

To the south, in Baroda, two Muslim men were stabbed to death by a Hindu mob while under police escort for their safety. A police official has been suspended over the incident. The victims had fled to a government-run camp on Friday to escape sectarian violence. 

Two other men died in police shootings in Baroda. 

The latest clashes follow riots in Gujarat that killed more than 700 people, most of them Muslims. Ahmedabad has been the focus of most of the violence, which is India's worst sectarian strife since 1992. 

Meanwhile, police say they have arrested a Muslim activist (Haji Bilal) who is the chief suspect in a train fire last month that killed 58 Hindu activists and triggered the wave of riots. 

A dispute over a site sacred to both Hindus and Muslims in the northern city of Ayodhya is behind the violence. 

Some information for this report provided by AFP and Reuters. 

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