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| 'Dozens killed' in Nigeria riots | 'Dozens killed' in Nigeria riots |
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| Dozens of people have been reported killed in clashes near the central Nigerian city of Jos. | Dozens of people have been reported killed in clashes near the central Nigerian city of Jos. |
| Witnesses said corpses were piled up in the village of Dogo-Nahawa, a few kilometres (miles) south of Jos. | Witnesses said corpses were piled up in the village of Dogo-Nahawa, a few kilometres (miles) south of Jos. |
| A doctor at a hospital in Jos told Reuters news agency that victims had been cut by machetes and burnt. | A doctor at a hospital in Jos told Reuters news agency that victims had been cut by machetes and burnt. |
| In January hundreds of people were killed in sectarian riots in the city, which lies between the mainly Muslim north and the more Christian south. | In January hundreds of people were killed in sectarian riots in the city, which lies between the mainly Muslim north and the more Christian south. |
| Ethnic and religious riots also broke out in 2008, killing hundreds. | Ethnic and religious riots also broke out in 2008, killing hundreds. |
| A resident of Dogo-Nahawa said attackers entered the village overnight, firing guns. | |
| "The shooting was just meant to bring people from their houses and then when people came out they started cutting them with machetes," Peter Jang told Reuters. |