Muslim rioters killed 10 Christians and set ablaze nine churches in Kontagora, Niger state, in central Nigeria the night of Feb. 23.
The militants in Kontagora joined their counterparts in northern Nigeria to protest what Muslims see as the blasphemy of the prophet of Islam, Mohammed, in cartoons published by a newspaper in Denmark.
“The Muslim fanatics attacked Christians and burnt churches throughout the night,” Joseph Bawa, a Christian resident of Kontagora, told Compass Direct news service.
The militants clubbed Bawa and his family, he said.
“I was beaten up by these Muslims, it is only God that saved me — I would have been killed,” he said. (CD)
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