Hundreds of Muslim youth in Senegal burn a church, destroy bar in capital neighb

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Hundreds of Muslim youth in Senegal burn a church, destroy bar in capital

neighbourhood

By The Associated Press | The Canadian Press – 1 hour 10 minutes ago

DAKAR, Senegal - Witnesses say hundreds of Muslim youths burned a church in a

neighbourhood on the northern part of the capital.

Mama Faye, 24, says she and hundreds of others on Sunday went to a Jehovah's

Witness church on the fringes of their Yoff neighbourhood and interrupted a

sermon with rioting. She says after churchgoers left they burned the church. She

says they also destroyed a nearby bar.

Faye says riot police arrived and started clashing with the rioters on the

streets.

A doctor at a local hospital said at least 37 people were injured in the

clashes. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not permitted to speak

to press.

Theirno Mbeugne, spokesman for a local imam association, said the head imam had

asked the youth to march. He said the imams did not endorse the destruction,

" but they do think that the youth had reason. "