WGNNews.org   Posted  12:37 P.M.  CST : November 21 , 2002

Thursday, 21 November, 2002, 16:59 GMT

Miss World riots escalate
At least 10 people are killed in a northern Nigerian city after thousands of Muslim youths go on the rampage, protesting at the Miss World contest.
 

Kaduna is one of Nigeria's most volatile cities, and has been largely segregated into Christian and Muslim areas since clashes two years ago, when more than 2,000 people died.

The riot started after the paper published an article on Saturday which said that, if he had witnessed the beauty pageant, the Prophet Mohammed would probably have chosen to marry one of the contestants.