Female students disappear after Muslim assault

ZARIA, Nigeria — Two female Christian students remain missing after seven Muslims, also young female students, attacked them March 18 at Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria’s Kaduna state. The two students were about to bathe at the women’s residence when the Muslim women emerged from a mosque and attacked, beating them until they were unconscious.

The women, identified only as Joy and Priscilla, were treated at the university health clinic but were not seen before the university closed for a break shortly thereafter nor have they been seen since it reopened March 27. Their disappearance has raised religious tensions on campus. James Kagbu, the university’s Joint Chapel Council secretary, said, “Muslim students under the auspices of the Muslim Students’ Society have been terrorizing Christians in the university without provocation.”