45 churches torched in Niger

Posted on January 20, 2015 
Filed under World news

Niger“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.)