Barely a week after 74-year
old Bridget Agbahime was murdered in Kano for alleged blasphemy, a
carpenter, Mr. Francis Emmanuel, was attacked in Kakuri area of Kaduna
metropolis by some Muslim boys for not fasting.
The incident which almost claimed the life of Emmanuel happened at Sokoto Road, Kakuri on Tuesday at about 2:30pm and was rushed to the St. Gerald Catholic Hospital, Kakuri for medical treatment.
Emmanuel was badly injured during the incident, sustaining deep machete cuts on various parts of his body.
The 41-year old man, who spoke
with journalists on his sick bed in severe pains from the attack, said
he was taking his lunch when the boys numbering about six descended on
him on the grounds that he was not fasting.
“I went to buy wood to do some
work. When I came back I bought food to eat. As I was eating about six
Hausa boys came and asked me whether I am a Muslim or a christian. I
did not answer them. They asked why am I not fasting? I told them that I
am not a Muslim.
“Before I knew it, one of them
slapped me. As I stood up, the rest came and surrounded me and started
attacking me with knives. I don’t know them. Nobody could come to my
aid because of the type of dangerous knives they were carrying.
“They used cutlasses scissors and knives on me. I became unconscious, I don’t even know who brought me to the hospital,” he said.
“They used cutlasses scissors and knives on me. I became unconscious, I don’t even know who brought me to the hospital,” he said.
Source: Thisday
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