Churches Torched In Niger Anti-Charlie Hebdo Protests In Niger

Protests continued Saturday in Niger’s capital Niamey after a violent mob torched at least three churches during fresh protests against Charlie Hebdo magazine.

According to AFP, around 1,000 youths wielding iron bars, clubs and axes rampaged through the city, hurling rocks at police who responded with tear gas in a second day of violent demonstrations against the satirical magazine’s publication of the prophet Mohammed.

The French embassy in Niamey urged its citizens to stay at home, the day after a rally against Charlie Hebdo in the country’s second city of Zinder left four dead and 45 injured.

In his first reaction to the violence, which also erupted in Pakistan on Friday, President Francois Hollande stressed on Saturday that France was committed to “freedom of expression.”

SOURCE: AFP

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