Muslim mob kills eight in Nigeria:

A Muslim mob in northern Nigeria has killed eight people after torching the house of a man who tried to save a Christian student accused of blasphemy, police said Tuesday.

“Eight people were killed in the house by the mob over the alleged blasphemy” Zamfara state police spokesman Shehu Mohammed told AFP of the incident, which happened on Monday.

He said the mob of Muslim students in the town of Talata Mafara were enraged over alleged derogatory comments about the Prophet Mohammed by their Christian schoolmate, who they attacked. (AFP)