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SOKOTO, Nigeria (AP) - A man was beaten to death by a mob in northern Nigeria as Muslim sects clashed after the shooting of a popular cleric, witnesses said Thursday. The cleric later died.
Soldiers and police set up roadblocks and patrolled the streets with rifles and tear gas in response to the violence.
An Associated Press reporter saw the body of the man, who was accused in Wednesday's shooting of Sunni cleric Umar Danshiya at a mosque in the capital of the desert state of Sokoto. The cleric was well-known for his anti-Shiite sermons.
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