At least 40 people have been killed in fresh sectarian fighting in central Nigeria, bringing the death toll in two weeks of tit-for-tat violence to 150.
More festivities on Islam's bloody border...
| It's worse than that. The Saudis have been funding Wahhabi missionary programs in Nigeria for the last couple of years, possibly with Sudanese help. Looks like we're starting to see the first fruits of their work. Keep in mind that Nigeria is a major power in West Africa in addition to having a lot of oil and if they fall back into civil war, there's one less competitor for the Saudis on the world market ... |
| At least no one died of polio. |
A senior army officer says Christians in Gerkawa town in the Shendam district of Plateau state turned on their Muslim neighbours on Thursday. They were avenging the killing of about 90 people by Islamic fighters on Tuesday in nearby Yelwa town, including 48 murdered at a church.
| Huh, we didn't hear about that. Wonder these gunnies were connected to the Taliban in Yobe state that showed up back in December? |
"When we arrived yesterday the whole place (Gerkawa) was in flames," the officer, who asked not to be named, said. "I saw not less than 25 bodies on the road entering town, and in total there were 40 to 50 killed," he said. He says the attackers used cutlasses and swords, slashing their victims' throats and then burning their bodies. The army says they have evacuated about 3,000 Muslims from Gerkawa to Yelwa, now deserted by Christians who have fled to Shendam for fear of fresh attacks. |