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More communal violence in Bauchi

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    Renewed fighting between Christians and Muslims in northern Nigeria’s Bauchi State over plans by the government to introduce strict Islamic law has claimed several lives, witnesses said on Wednesday.

    The latest outbreak of violence in the Tafawa Balewa local government
    council is between the mainly Christian Kutaru and the predominantly Muslim Zwall. “Fighting broke out last week and no fewer than 15 people have been killed while many more have been injured,” Musa Kaltung, a bus driver who travelled through the area en route to Lagos, told IRIN.

    Tafawa Balewa has also seen fighting between Christian Jawaras and Sayawas and Hausa-Fulani Muslims which claimed more than 400 lives and displaced over 22,000 people in June-July, according to the Nigerian Red Cross.

    [See separate item titled ‘NIGERIA: Renewed Christian-Muslim clashes claim lives’]

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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