45 churches torched in Niger
Posted on January 20, 2015
Filed under World news
“Forty-five churches were torched over the weekend in Niger’s capital during deadly protests over the publication of a Prophet Mohammed cartoon by the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, police say.
The protests, which left five people dead and 128 people injured in Niamey, also saw a Christian school and orphanage set alight…”
– Report from ABC News. Video from the BBC. (Map: Operation World.)