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| Nigeria religious riots 'kill scores' in Jos |
| 2010-01-19 |
| At least 149 people have been killed during two days of violence between Christian and Muslim gangs in the Nigerian city of Jos, officials say. Mosque workers and Muslim clerics told reporters of the deaths as they prepared for a mass burial. The death toll has not been verified independently and it is not known how many Christians have died. Nigeria's vice-president has ordered troops to help police restore order and also dispatched top security officials. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #2 Which side is "winning"? |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2010-01-19 23:50 |
| #1 Now 300 reported: The clashes were sparked by a dispute over the building of a mosque, residents said. "As at yesterday I had 50 dead," the secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Reverend Chung Dabo, told AFP. Another 15 people were killed on Tuesday in the neighbouring town of Bukuru, he said. Muslim leader Balarabe Dawud said 192 bodies were brought to the city's central mosque on Tuesday. On Monday he gave a death toll of 26. Dawud, head of the mosque, said at least 800 people had been wounded, 90 of whom had been taken to military hospitals with serious injuries. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-01-19 21:05 |