Nigeria: "Youths" torch Catholic church after authorities arrest clerics in Boko Haram crackdown

Official: Woman killed in clash in northeastern Nigeria over radical Muslim sect arrests

By Associated Press, Published: August 10

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Authorities say a clash between soldiers and youths in northeastern Nigeria over the arrest of suspected members of a radical Muslim sect has killed one person and wounded two.

Army Lt. Olumide Olukoya says fighting started Tuesday in Biu city in Borno state. He says a woman died from gunshot wounds in the clash after authorities arrested clerics and suspected members of the Boko Haram sect.

He says about 150 rioting youths later torched a government building and a Catholic church. Read the rest on: The Washington Post

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