Posted AT 1:43 AM EDT on 19/02/06
Nigerian Muslims burn Christian churches; 15 killed
Nigerian Muslims protesting against caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad attacked Christians and burned churches Saturday, killing at least 15 people in the deadliest confrontation yet in the whirlwind of Muslim anger over the drawings.
It was the first major protest to erupt over the issue in Africa's most-populous country. Mobs of Muslim protesters swarmed through the city centre of Maiduguri with machetes, sticks and iron rods.
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