JOS, Nigeria — Muslims attacked a market in Kaduna State in north-central Nigeria on Oct. 18, killing dozens of Christians and burning a church building, sources said.
Area residents said a Muslim at the market in Kasuwan Magani, 22 miles south of the city of Kaduna, raised a false alarm about a thief in the market, which caused a stampede. Other Muslims began chanting jihadist slogans, and then they attacked Christians and burned houses and shops belonging to Christians in the town, an area resident said.
Kaduna Gov. Nasir El-Rufai visited the site in the Kajuru Local Government Area on Oct. 19 and said 55 people had been killed.
Nigeria ranked 14th on Open Doors’ 2018 World Watch List of countries where Christians suffer the most persecution. (MS)
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