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Charlie Hebdo: 'Four dead' in Niger protes

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At least four people have been killed in violent protests against French magazine Charlie Hebdo in Niger's second city of Zinder, officials say. A number of churches and the French cultural centre were among several buildings raided and set alight. Friday saw protests across the Muslim world over the magazine's publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad. It comes more than a week after gunmen carried out a massacre at the French magazine's offices in Paris. Twelve people were killed in the attack. The cover of the magazine's latest edition, published after the attack, featured a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad weeping while holding a sign saying "I am Charlie". Protests against the magazine were also seen on Friday in Pakistan, where protests turned violent in Karachi, the Sudanese capital of Khartoum and the Algerian capital, Algiers. 'Charlie is Satan' One policeman and three civilians were killed in the protests in Zinder after Friday pray