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Niger protesters burn churches in second day of Charlie riots
[Rooters - Afri] NIAMEY Jan 17 - Stone-throwing demonstrators set fire to two churches in Niger's capital Niamey on Saturday, in the latest protest in France's former African colonies at French newspaper Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. A day after five people were killed in Niger in protests over the cartoons, protesters in Niamey attacked a police station and burned at least two police cars near the main mosque after authorities banned a meeting called by local Muslim leaders. Police responded with teargas."They offended our Prophet Mohammed. That's what we didn't like," said Amadou Abdoul Ouahab, who took part in the demonstration. "This is the reason why we have asked Muslims to come, so that we can explain this to them, but the state refused. That's why we're angry today." Link to catalogue of typical images.
At least three people were killed on Saturday in protests in Niger against French newspaper Charlie Hebdo ...  A lefty French satirical magazine, home of what may well be the majority if the active testicles left in Europe...'s cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, police sources said, after four people were killed during protests on Friday. Police fired teargas at crowds of stone-throwing Moslem youths who set fire to churches and looted shops in the capital Niamey afterauthorities banned a meeting called by local Islamic leaders. A cop shoppe was attacked and at least two police cars burned. The police sources said two charred bodies were found inside a burned church on the outskirts of Niamey on Saturday, while the body of a woman was found in a bar. She was believed to have been suffocated by teargas and smoke, they said. Posted by: Besoeker 2015-01-18 |
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