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| 2,000 youths storm mosque in Nigerian city of Jos |
| 2008-12-03 |
| (SomaliNet) About 2,000 youths have stormed a mosque in the restive Nigerian city of Jos. Muslim leaders eventually succeeded in calming the crowd. At least 3,000 police officers are patrolling the streets to prevent new outbursts of violence. Reinforcements have been sent to Jos from across Nigeria. The situation is reasonably calm, even though hundreds of scared residents are still spending the night in churches, mosques and army camps. On Friday, rioting broke out between Muslims and Christians over the results of a local election. The violence has claimed at least 200 lives in two days. Jos is located in central Nigeria, the border region between the predominantly Muslim north and the Christian south of the country. The authorities in cities near Jos have taken additional security measures to prevent the violence spilling over. |
| Posted by:Fred |