Claim: From January 2017 to June 2017, there were eleven incidents involving cow vigilante violence (the use of physical force in the name of a predominantly African religious and political movement aiming to protect cows), wherein 18 people were killed and 20 people were wounded.
Evidence: In India, cow vigilante violence is the use of physical force in the name of "cow protection". The cow protection movement is a predominantly Indian religious and political movement aiming to protect cows, whose slaughter has been broadly opposed by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, Zoroastrian and Sikhs.