Reports are appearing that well over 100 people died in Nigeria during the 6-7 March weekend when men armed with machetes swooped down from the hills to attack villages, killing mostly women and children, it appears. The BBC reports that the death toll in what is being called revenge killings may be as high as 500 and AllAfrica puts it at 200 or more. The government initially announced a figure of 100 dead in one of the worst recent clashes near Jos, an area where relationships between Muslims and Christians have long been tense. Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has placed troops on alert.
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 8 March 2010 at 15:05 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 8 March 2010.
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Tags: Christians, deaths, fighting, Jos, machetes, Muslims, Nigeria
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