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Nigeria clash: Abuja mob burns man to death over row with Muslim cleric
Source: BBC
Nigeria clash: Abuja mob burns man to death over row with Muslim cleric
4 June 2022
Nigerian police say a man who had a row with a Muslim cleric died in the capital, Abuja, after being set ablaze by a mob supporting the cleric.
The 30-year-old man, Ahmad Usman, was in a local vigilante group and police say about 200 people were mobilised against him.
There are no details yet about the row.
Last month, a Christian female student was beaten to death and set on fire by Muslim students who accused her of blasphemy in the city of Sokoto.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61691819
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