Nigeria: Clashes Between Christians And Muslims Leave 22 Dead…
At least the Christians are fighting back instead of being mercilessly slaughtered.
(Reuters) — At least 22 people died in clashes between Christian and Muslim youths and security forces in the restive Nigerian city of Jos on Thursday, a local mortuary official said, in the second day of violence there this week.
“There was some fighting in the area of Dusu Uku . . . between Christian and Muslim youths. We aren’t sure what happened but somewhere along the way the security forces got involved,” Mohammed Kabiro, who works at the central morgue that received the bodies, told Reuters by telephone.
“So far we have received 22 killed here at the morgue, mostly youths, but we are told there will be more on the way,” he said, adding that most of the bodies he had seen had gunshot wounds.
Nigeria has a roughly equal Christian-Muslim population and more than 200 ethnic groups live side-by-side in the West African country largely peacefully.
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