According to Morning Star News, Muslims attacked a market in Kaduna state, in north-central Nigeria,
on Thursday (Oct. 18), killing dozens of Christians and burning a church
building, sources said.
Area residents said a Muslim at the market in Kasuwan Magani, 36 kilometers (22 miles) south of the city of Kaduna, began yelling “Thief!” in the late afternoon in a move calculated to cause pandemonium ahead of an attack on Christians and their homes and businesses.
“A Muslim raised a false alarm about a thief in the market, which caused stampede, and then other Muslims started chanting ‘Allahu Akbar [the jihadist slogan, God is Greater],’ attacking Christians, burning houses and shops belonging to Christians in the town,” area resident Kefas Mallam told
Morning Star News.Authorities say 55 people, many of them Christians, were killed in Northern Nigeria following violent clashes between Christian and Muslim youth.
The state police commissioner said 22 people were arrested after the unrest.
Gov. El-Rufai told reporters that the state government had imposed a curfew in the area and security agencies were restoring calm.
Read more:MSN
Area residents said a Muslim at the market in Kasuwan Magani, 36 kilometers (22 miles) south of the city of Kaduna, began yelling “Thief!” in the late afternoon in a move calculated to cause pandemonium ahead of an attack on Christians and their homes and businesses.
“A Muslim raised a false alarm about a thief in the market, which caused stampede, and then other Muslims started chanting ‘Allahu Akbar [the jihadist slogan, God is Greater],’ attacking Christians, burning houses and shops belonging to Christians in the town,” area resident Kefas Mallam told
Morning Star News.Authorities say 55 people, many of them Christians, were killed in Northern Nigeria following violent clashes between Christian and Muslim youth.
The state police commissioner said 22 people were arrested after the unrest.
Gov. El-Rufai told reporters that the state government had imposed a curfew in the area and security agencies were restoring calm.
Read more:MSN
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