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Christians flee Muslim mobs
Nigeria
May 2004

Excerpt: Kano - Thousands of Christians have fled the suburbs of the northern Nigerian city of Kano to seek police protection after coming under attack from Muslim mobs, a reporter saw on Wednesday. At least 5 000 refugees, mainly from the Sharada industrial district of the city, had gathered or been brought under escort to Kano State's main police headquarters, many with nothing but the clothes on their backs. "Many people have been killed in Sharada, but we have not been able to bring out their bodies, because we had to look to our own lives" said 37-year-old foundry worker Joshua Adamu.

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Cool gunmen hunted down Christians
Saudi Arabia
May 2004
Excerpt: "Don't be afraid. We won't kill Muslims - even if you are an American," he quoted them as saying. ..."They gave me a lecture on Islam and said they were defending their country and ridding it of infidels," he said in an interview at the Qusaibi hotel. ...While talking to the gunmen he saw the bloodied body of a Swedish cook who worked in the compound, Abu Hashem said. He had been shot dead. An American, a Briton, an Egyptian, two Filipinos, an Indian, a Pakistani and nine Saudis, mostly security men, were also killed on Saturday, security sources said.