The trouble in Kaduna State began in the village of Zangon-Kataf because of a long-standing land dispute between the predominantly Christian Kataf and Muslim Hausa ethnic groups (The Washington Post 20 May 1992; The New York Times 21 May 1992). The village clash stemmed specifically from a dispute over the location of a new local market (The Christian Science Monitor 28 May 1992; 30 July 1992). The fighting in Kaduna city began after the bodies of the victims from the Christian-Muslim clash in Zangon-Kataf were brought by the army to Kaduna (The New York Times 21 May 1992; The Christian Science Monitor 30 July 1992). On May 19 1992, the Nigerian troops used armored cars, helicopters, tear gas and water cannon to force most of the rioters off the streets of Kaduna (The New York Times 21 May 1992). A dusk-to-dawn curfew was imposed and security forces, including soldiers in combat gear, arrested 250 people (Africa Research Bulletin 1-31 May 1992, 10588). At least 250 people are reported to have been killed in clashes in Kaduna State (Ibid.). A tribunal has been set up by the government to try suspects arrested during the riot in Kaduna State (Africa Research Bulletin 1-30 June 1992, 10620). This same article reports that allegations of police complicity in the ethnic disturbances in Kaduna State are being investigated (Ibid.).

For further information on the requested subject, please refer to the attached media reports and to the IRBDC Indexed Media Review on Nigeria, available at the Regional Documentation Centre in Montreal.

Additional and/or corroborative information on the above topic could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB.

Africa Research Bulletin: Political Series [London]. 1-30 June 1992. Vol. 29, No.6. "Riot Enquiry."

_____. 1-31 May 1992. Vol. 29, No. 5. "Civil Strife."

The Christian Science Monitor [Boston]. 30 July 1992. Robert M. Press. "Religious Tensions Linger on Eve of Nigerian Vote."

_____. 28 May 1992. Mark Huband. "Riots Test Nigerian Government."

The New York Times. 21 May 1992. "Nigeria Quells Muslim-Christian Riots."

The Washington Post. 20 May 1992. Karl Maier. "Ethnic Clashes Kill Hundreds in Nigeria."

Agence France Presse (AFP). 4 July 1992. "Afrontements [sic] ethnicaux-religieux de Zangon-Kataf: plus de 3,000 morts, selon un rapport privé."

Africa Research Bulletin: Political Series [London]. 1-30 June 1992. Vol. 29, No.6. "Riot Enquiry."

_____. 1-31 May 1992. Vol. 29, No. 5. "Civil Strife."

The Christian Science Monitor [Boston]. 30 July 1992. Robert M. Press. "Religious Tensions Linger on Eve of Nigerian Vote."

_____. 28 May 1992. Mark Huband. "Riots Test Nigerian Government."

The New York Times. 21 May 1992. "Nigeria Quells Muslim-Christian Riots."

The Washington Post. 20 May 1992. Karl Maier. "Ethnic Clashes Kill Hundreds in Nigeria."

West Africa [London]. 20-26 July 1992. "Women Protest."

_____. 15-21 June 1992. "Riot Enquiry."

_____. 1-7 June 1992. "Riot Probe."