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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

8 killed in Zamfara over alleged blasphemy against Islam

Eight persons were burnt to death yesterday following the religious crisis that broke out at the Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata-Mafara in Zamfara state. According to eyewitnesses, a student who is a Christian allegedly made a blasphemous statement about Prophet Muhammad. This infuriated his Muslim colleagues who immediately descended on him, beating him to a pulp.



A Muslim man by the name Tajudeen, who tried to salvage the situation, rushed in and was able to use his car to carry the unconscious Christian student to the hospital. ‎

This infuriated the Muslim students who then went to Tajudeen's house and burnt it down, killing eight occupants in his house.

The state governor, ‎Abdulaziz Yari, joined hundreds of others to bury the deceased who were killed in the inferno.

Meanwhile a 12-hour curfew in the community starting from 7p.m. to 7a.m. daily has been imposed by the police.

hehe...President Buhari this morning reacted to the killing of eight people in Zamfara following a religious crisis that broke out at the Abdu Gusau Polytechnic in Zamfara state yesterday August 22nd.  
A student is alleged to have made a blasphemous comment about Prophet Muhammad and was beaten to a pulp. He was rescued and rushed to the hospital by a man named Tajudeen. The angry Muslims stormed the home of Tajudeen and set it ablaze, killing eight occupants.

These are photos from the scene of the attack in Zamfara state yesterday. A student of the Abdu Gusau Polytechnic was beaten to a pulp for making a blasphemous comment about Prophet Muhammad. The home of a man named Tajudeen who rescued and helped to take the student to the hospital was razed by angry Muslims, killing 8 people. The school has been closed down indefinitely. See more pics abeg

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