Nigerian Violence After Militant Attacks Grips Two Towns
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Nigerian troops fought Islamist militants in the northeastern town of Damaturu for a second day, while the death toll from clashes between Muslims and Christians in Kaduna state rose to more than 140 over the past three days.
The fighting in Damaturu, the Yobe state capital, started after attacks by Boko Haram Islamist militants yesterday, said Salihu Adamu, a police spokesman in the city. The state government imposed a 24-hour curfew in the city. In Kaduna, Muslim-Christian clashes have continued since the June 17 bombings of three churches in the state capital and Zaria. About 143 people have been killed in the violence, including 30 today, said Shehu Sani, the head of the Civil Rights Congress.