BAUCHI, Nigeria — Florence Chuckwu, a Christian teacher at the Government Day Secondary School in the capital of Nigeria’s Bauchi state, went to work on the morning of Feb. 20 with no hint that her attempt to exercise classroom control would threaten her life and lead to the killing of more than 20 believers.
When Chuckwu confiscated a Quran from a female student who was reading it instead of listening to her English lesson, soon Muslim students jumped on tables and began to throw books at Chuckwu. “Infidel, you’ve defiled the Quran,” a Muslim student shouted. Army personnel rescued Chuckwu, but other security agents whisked her away and her whereabouts are unknown.
The students left the school and poured into the streets of the city. This attracted other Muslims who joined the protest, and by the end of the day, more than 20 Christians were killed and two churches were burned along with many houses belonging to believers.
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