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Muslim youths burn Kaduna church

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    Muslim youths have burned down a church in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna where unrest over Islamic Sharia law in February left over 100 several people dead, AFP reported citing a a top official on Wednesday.

    The youths burned down the Evangelical Church of West Africa on Tuesday, the official in the state governor’s office, who asked not to be named, told AFP.

    Kaduna, a city with about an equal number of Muslims and Christians, was the scene of violent riots between both groups in February over plans by the state government to introduce Sharia law, already applicable in neighbouring Zamfara State.

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