00:00A man beaten up in the middle of the street by a mob.
00:04Footage shared on social media showed mob violence taking place in the north-central Nigerian city of Joss on Wednesday.
00:12A reporter for the news agency AFP said that at least two people died during the outbreak of violence on
00:19Wednesday.
00:20The chaos in the city comes just days after a deadly gunman attack.
00:25Unidentified attackers killed around 30 people in a bar over the weekend.
00:30The massacre led to accusations on social media that it had targeted Christians on Palm Sunday,
00:36although no proof was provided for these claims.
00:40While Christians were majoritarily thought to be among the victims,
00:44four Muslims were also killed, according to a local group.
00:48Joss is home to a mixed population of Christians and Muslims.
00:51Although largely peaceful, the city has experienced some ethnic and religious tensions in the past.
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