\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n <\/table>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\nSources: \r\nReuters<\/b>\r\n | AP\r\n | The New York Times\r\n | ABCNEWS.com\r\n \r\n <\/p>\r\n Sunday October 14 6:23 AM ET<\/b>\r\n <\/p>\r\n200 Dead in Nigerian Religious Riots -- Witnesses\r\n \r\n \t KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 200 people have been killed in\r\ntwo days of religious clashes in the northern Nigerian city of Kano triggered\r\nby protests against U.S.-led air strikes in Afghanistan, residents said Sunday. \r\n<\/p>\r\n \t Thousands of people fleeing to safe havens in military barracks\r\nreported an orgy of killings overnight by gangs of militants. One of the\r\nworst-hit areas was Zangon district on the city's outskirts, a Muslim stronghold\r\nwith a significant Christian minority. Those fleeing were Christians. <\/p>\r\n \t ``People were slaughtered in Zangon. There cannot be less than 200\r\nkilled last night,'' said one of many residents ferried in buses under military\r\nescort to Sabon Gari where most non-Muslim immigrants live. <\/p>\r\n \t The federal government of President Olusegun Obasanjo poured in\r\nreinforcements of soldiers and police from neighboring states who fanned\r\nout across the city, where authorities clamped a night curfew Saturday. <\/p>\r\n \t ``As I speak with you now, I can see a body burning in the street,''\r\nsaid a Sabon Gari resident speaking by telephone. ``He appears to be a Muslim\r\nwho strayed into Sabon Gari.'' <\/p>\r\n \t At least 20 people were killed in Saturday's violent protests against\r\nU.S. military action against Afghanistan's ruling Taliban for refusing to\r\nhand over Muslim militant Osama bin Laden, who Washington blames for last\r\nmonth's suicide plane attacks in the United States. <\/p>\r\n \t Community leaders said rioters killed at least six female secondary\r\nschool students who were on their way to sit university entrance exams. <\/p>\r\n \t Although Saturday's violence was linked to the bombardment of Afghanistan,\r\nit followed a familiar pattern of deadly religious clashes that have rocked\r\nNigeria over the past two years, killing thousands. <\/p>\r\n \t Nigeria's population of over 110 million is divided almost evenly\r\nbetween Christians and Muslims. The introduction of Islamic sharia law in\r\nsome northern states triggered Muslim-Christian fighting in some cities in\r\nthe region. <\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n\r\nEmail this story\r\n - \r\nView most popular\r\n | \r\nFormatted version\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n Earlier Stories<\/b>
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