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Protests erupt in northwest Nigeria after blasphemy killing

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Hundreds of Muslims poured into the streets of the northwestern Nigerian city of Sokoto in protest over the arrest of two students following the murder of a Christian student accused of blasphemy. Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education was on Thursday stoned to death and her body burnt by a mob of Muslim students of the college after she posted something on social media they deemed insulted the Prophet Muhammad. IMAGES

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