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Fulani CPC riots in Kafanchan destroy several structures leaving parts of the city as rubble. The reason for the riots may be related to the result of a recent election in the area. Muslim leaders reported that 17 Muslims were killed in Kafanchan, while 30 mosques and 241 houses were burned or destroyed. Christian leaders reported that 30 Christians were killed in Jemaa local government area, which includes Kafanchan, and 14 churches were destroyed. leader for the Igbo ethnic group in Kafanchan, the vast majority Christians from southeast Nigeria, told Human Rights Watch that 11 Igbo residents were killed, while 224 of their houses and 837 shops, many of them in the central market, were burned in the violence. Violence spans April 18-19. Fatalities split btwn 2 days. Muslim leaders allege that the violence started early in the day on April 18 when Bajju youth killed a Hausa-Fulani man on the outskirts of Kafanchan and vandalized his vehicle. That evening, Muslims said that Christians, predominantly from the Bajju ethnic group, started burning Muslim homes and attacking Muslims on the outskirts of Kafanchan. |
