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| Muslims fight it out with Christians in Nigeria... |
| 2002-06-30 |
| Christians and Muslims have clashed in a fresh outbreak of violence in central Nigeria that left at least six people dead and churches and mosques on fire. The fighting began late on Wednesday and continued on Thursday in the trading town of Yelwa, said Ezekiel Gomos, a senior official of the Plateau state government. Gomos said six people were killed, but witnesses - some of them wounded - arriving in Jos yesterday said the death toll was more than three times the figure announced by the government. Police and soldiers were sent to Yelwa to quell the violence and the town has been reported calm since Friday. A dusk to dawn curfew was being imposed in Yelwa and surrounding villages. Six gas stations were set ablaze and 22 vehicles were destroyed during the clashes. Gomos said the cause of the fighting was not known. It's just terrible, the way everywhere Muslims go those damned infidels are always starting fights with them... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |