Nigerian mob kills Muslim who saved Christian from lynch mob

August 24, 2016

Eight people died when a group of militant Muslims burned down the home of a man who had intervened to stop the lynching of a Christian convert.

The violence began when a young man-- a Muslim student who had converted to Christianity-- was accused of insulting Islam and severely beaten by his classmates. A passerby saved the student, bringing him to a nearby hospital. The militants then attacked that man, burning down his home and killing the eight people inside it.

 

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Further information:

• Eight people die during an assault in the home of a man who had saved a student accused of blasphemy (Fides)