Muslim ‘Protest’ Turns Deadly in Nigeria

Muslims kill Christians, how abnormal.

• On Tuesday, May 11, thousands of Muslims in the northern city of Kano took to the streets in protest against recent attacks on fellow Muslims in the town of Yelwa in nearby Plateau state. (See “Fresh Violence Erupts in Nigeria,” May 7.)

  Sources on the scene say the confrontation turned violent. Police officials place the death toll as high as 30 and say another 300 have suffered injuries. Thousands are believed to have fled their homes.

  Properties belonging to Christians were either looted or destroyed by the Muslim protesters, according to officials.

  Kano state police commissioner Alhaji Ganiyu Alli Daudu told journalists yesterday that Muslim mobs were trapping Christians in their homes and setting the houses on fire, attempting to kill those inside. He said police were under a “shoot-on-sight order” issued to save innocent lives.