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| 'Hundreds dead' in Nigeria attack | 'Hundreds dead' in Nigeria attack |
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| Some 500 people were killed in Sunday's revenge attack after religious clashes near the Nigerian city of Jos, local officials say. | Some 500 people were killed in Sunday's revenge attack after religious clashes near the Nigerian city of Jos, local officials say. |
| The figure had previously been put at about 100 - it is always difficult to get accurate figures for such clashes in Nigeria. | The figure had previously been put at about 100 - it is always difficult to get accurate figures for such clashes in Nigeria. |
| Officials say two mainly Christian villages near Jos were attacked from nearby hills by people with machetes. | |
| There is a long history of local tension between Muslims and Christians. | There is a long history of local tension between Muslims and Christians. |
| The attacks are said to have been in revenge for the killing of several hundred people in January. | |
| Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has put security forces on alert to stop the flow of weapons to the area. | |
| Many of the dead in the villages of Zot and Dogo-Nahawa are reported to be women and children. | |
| Jos lies between the mainly Muslim north of Nigeria and its largely Christian south. |