Nigeria - Death Toll Rises To 10 In Taraba Ethnic Riots
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A local official says the death toll from riots that erupted in central Nigeria has risen from four to 10. Abubakar Sadani, the councilor of a ward in Ibi in Taraba state, said Monday that ten people had died.
Ibi government chairman Isiaku Adamu had said Sunday at least four people were killed.
Adamu said the violence broke out after a Christian vigilante group killed a Muslim resident who insisted on going through their illegal checkpoint set up as a response to church attacks in other parts of the country.
A radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for most of these attacks.
Local police spokesman Amos Alaoye said calm had returned to the area on Monday after the deployment of troops.
Officials in Nigeria's northeast Taraba state on Sunday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in one town following reported clashes between Christian and Muslim groups that killed at least one person.
A state spokesman said that security forces have been instructed to shoot anyone who disregards the ban on movements.
Religiously divided Taraba is one of several Nigerian states previously hit by sectarian violence, although the town of Ibbi, where the unrest broke out Sunday, has historically been peaceful.
Adamu said the violence broke out after a Christian vigilante group killed a Muslim resident who insisted on going through their illegal checkpoint set up as a response to church attacks in other parts of the country.
A radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for most of these attacks.
Local police spokesman Amos Alaoye said calm had returned to the area on Monday after the deployment of troops.
Officials in Nigeria's northeast Taraba state on Sunday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in one town following reported clashes between Christian and Muslim groups that killed at least one person.
A state spokesman said that security forces have been instructed to shoot anyone who disregards the ban on movements.
Religiously divided Taraba is one of several Nigerian states previously hit by sectarian violence, although the town of Ibbi, where the unrest broke out Sunday, has historically been peaceful.
