Thursday, February 23, 2006

Bodies burned in open after Nigeria riots kill 146 - Yahoo! News

Bodies burned in open after Nigeria riots kill 146 - Yahoo! News: "ONITSHA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Christian youths burned the corpses of Muslims on Thursday on the streets of Onitsha in southeastern Nigeria, the city worst hit by religious riots that have killed at least 146 people across the country in five days.
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Christian mobs, seeking revenge for the killings of Christians in the north, attacked Muslims with machetes, set fire to them, destroyed their houses and torched mosques in two days of violence in Onitsha, where 93 people died.

'We are very happy that this thing is happening so that the north will learn their lesson,' said Anthony Umai, a motorcycle taxi rider, standing close to where Christian youths had piled up the corpses of 10 Muslims and were burning them."

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