livendive 8 #1 May 13, 2004 Assuming they're all upstanding religious folks, which side is God gonna help? From the Chicago News Tribune Quote 30 killed as Muslims retaliate for Christian massacre Items compiled from Tribune news services Published May 13, 2004 KANO, NIGERIA -- Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in Kano on Wednesday as security forces struggled to quell a two-day rampage to avenge the recent massacre in the central region. Police confirmed at least 30 were killed in strife engulfing this northern city, where thousands--mostly minority Christians--cowered in army barracks and police stations as mobs attacked victims outside. "I saw them put an old tire on his neck and set him ablaze," Barry Owoyemi, 30, said of a dead neighbor and fellow Christian. Owoyemi was whisked to safety by police who fired in the air to disperse the attackers. In an apparent response, a group of young Christians in one Kano neighborhood fired shotguns Wednesday at groups of Muslim men accused of torching houses. Authorities ordered police to shoot rioters on sight. The rampage erupted Tuesday following a demonstration by thousands of Muslims protesting the slaying as many as 600 Muslims by a predominantly Christian ethnic group last week in Yelwa, a town in central Nigeria. "The Kano situation is an unfortunate development and just a reverberation of what happened in Yelwa," said Remi Oyo, spokeswoman for President Olusegun Obasanjo. By Wednesday evening, security forces fired tear gas and shot into in the air to disperse crowds ahead of a dusk-to-dawn curfew. Copyright © 2004, Chicago Tribune Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
