| Description |
A Salafist mob set fire to the local police station and the branch office of the Congress for the Republic (CPR) political party. Rioters then threw stones at firefighters trying to douse the flames, and police responded with tear gas. An associated group attacked a second police station armed with knives, stones, sticks and Molotov cocktails. Salafists occupied a number of the city's mosques and broadcasted messages calling for an Islamic holy war .The town has lately seen an increase in Salafist rioting and organized attack. |
