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| Deadly clashes in north Nigeria | Deadly clashes in north Nigeria |
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| At least 20 people are thought to have died in clashes between security forces and members of a religious sect in the northern Nigerian state of Bauchi. | At least 20 people are thought to have died in clashes between security forces and members of a religious sect in the northern Nigerian state of Bauchi. |
| Some eyewitnesses said as many as 37 people had been killed. | Some eyewitnesses said as many as 37 people had been killed. |
| The fighting came after local people told authorities they were alarmed by open-air preaching by the religious sect, which is known as Kala Kato. | The fighting came after local people told authorities they were alarmed by open-air preaching by the religious sect, which is known as Kala Kato. |
| Such preaching was banned in the state after an uprising by another sect, Boko Haram, earlier this year. | Such preaching was banned in the state after an uprising by another sect, Boko Haram, earlier this year. |
| Hundreds of people were killed in the subsequent fighting across northern Nigeria. | |
| The BBC's Caroline Duffield reports from Lagos that Kala Kato is a non-conformist Muslim sect made up of poor tradesmen, labourers and other working people. | |
| Some residents in Zango, just south of the city of Bauchi, have said that in recent days the mood of their preaching had become aggressive. | |
| The violence there began on Sunday morning. After some initial shooting the security forces retreated, before returning in greater numbers. | |
| Members of the group had armed themselves with machetes and cutlasses, and appeared ready to fight armed police and soldiers, she adds. | |
| A spkesman for the Bauchi state governor said the local military had been deployed, though other accounts spoke of a feared police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. | |
| The Associated Press news agency cited Bauchi state official Mohammed Maigari as saying sect members had gone on the rampage to demand the release of their leader. | |
| The sect leader had been arrested in connection with the killings of several Boko Haram members, AP reported. |