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464 die in 4 days of Nigerian ethnic clashes
2010-01-21
[Iran Press TV Latest] The death toll has risen to 464 after four days of clashes between Christians and Muslims in the central Nigerian city of Jos.

"We found more than 200 bodies gathered at the mosque in Kuru Gada Biu and 22 more at Mai Adiko," said a senior mosque official, Muhammad Tanko Shittu.

Residents of Jos claim that the clashes were ignited over the reconstruction of a mosque in a Christian neighborhood of the Nassarawa Gwom city, according to Reuters.

The Nigerian government has imposed a 24-hour curfew to control the riots, but sporadic gunfire can still be heard throughout the night. Additional troops have been deployed to Jos to maintain order.

"This is one crisis too many, and the federal government finds it most unacceptable, retrogressive and capable of further sundering the bonds of unity in our country," Nigeria's Vice President Goodluck Jonathan said in a statement published Wednesday.

"The country cannot afford these constant eruptions, and ... the government is determined to find a permanent solution to the Jos crisis," he emphasized.

The unrest has prompted thousands of residents of the city to flee to neighboring towns.
Posted by:Fred

#6  I've always heard that straight-up face-to-face Gangs of New York-style civilian rioting usually isn't all that fatal. It's the overrun attacks where one side is badly out-classed and out-numbered where you get a hell of a lot of dead people.

It's easier for a civilian to kill someone who's running and not looking at you than someone staring you down & trying to beat your head in with a lead pipe.

That's kind of why they're called "massacres", after all.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2010-01-21 14:41  

#5  And dish it out more to Abdul than they take.
Posted by: ed   2010-01-21 11:37  

#4  Mitch,
The difference is Nigerian Christians fight back.

Posted by: Frozen Al   2010-01-21 11:34  

#3  The Nigerians were complaining that the guy on that Detroit flight wasn't representative of Nigerian Islam, but good god, when they party, the bodies stack up pretty high pretty fast. Egyptian anti-Copt riots can't put a shadow on these Nigerian bloody-border affairs.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2010-01-21 10:30  

#2  The Religion of Peace. Dont you wish you had a whole lot of Moslems for neighbors. Maybe a few minarets and a whole lot of Burquas in the PTA discussing the Curriculum?

yeah, and maybe a Mosque next to the Methodist Church across the street.

And a lot of good Moslem boys down at your local highschool waiting to join the Army? Why even our own President once was a little Moslem in the fifth grade...nothing wrong with it, we mustnt jump to conclusions.

Ask Hussein, he'll tell you.
Posted by: Meaty Goodluck Johnson   2010-01-21 07:37  

#1  most unacceptable, retrogressive and capable of further sundering the bonds of unity in our country

Bonds of what?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2010-01-21 03:16  

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