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  • Five killed in anti-Charlie Hebdo riots in Niger | AFP Five people were killed in violent riots in Niger’s capital Saturday over the depiction of the Prophet Mohammed on the cover of France’s Charlie Hebdo weekly, with angry crowds setting fire to...

    Five killed in anti-Charlie Hebdo riots in Niger | AFP

    Five people were killed in violent riots in Niger’s capital Saturday over the depiction of the Prophet Mohammed on the cover of France’s Charlie Hebdo weekly, with angry crowds setting fire to churches.

    The protesters torched at least eight houses of worship in Niamey. Bars, hotels and various businesses under non-Muslim ownership or bearing signs of French companies were also targeted, an AFP correspondent reported.

    It was the second day of violence in the west African country over the Mohammed cartoon, after five people were killed and 45 injured in protests in Niger’s second city of Zinder on Friday.

    FULL ARTICLE (AFP via The Daily Mail)

    Photo: Gustave Deghilage/flickr

    Source: Daily Mail
    • January 20, 2015 (3:30 pm)
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