Muslim-Christian violence continues in Nigeria.

KANO, Nigeria - Angry young Muslim men attacked “nonbelievers” with machetes Tuesday, while others burned cars, stores and apartments in apparent revenge for last week’s killings of hundreds of Muslims by a Christian group.

Three corpses — one charred and another badly mutilated — lay in the streets; it was unclear who killed them. There were unconfirmed reports of several others killed by young men who barricaded streets with burning tires and garbage.

The violence came hours after thousands of Muslim protesters — some carrying daggers, sickles and clubs — marched from the main mosque in the northern city of Kano, traditionally a hotbed of religious tensions.

Amina Usman, a 19-year-old university student, recounted seeing two mutilated bodies next to a makeshift checkpoint where young Muslim Hausa-speaking men armed with sticks, knives and clubs were searching cars for Christians and animists and asking passengers to recite Muslim prayers.

“It was hell,” said Mohammed Aliyu, another university student, who said he saw five bodies in another part of Kano, Nigeria’s largest Muslim city, one with a burning tire around its neck.

Businesses bolted their doors and children were sent home early from school.