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| 'Hundreds dead' in Nigeria attack | 'Hundreds dead' in Nigeria attack |
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| Some 500 people were killed in the weekend'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 three 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 around Jos in January. | |
| JOS, PLATEAU STATE Deadly riots in 2001, 2008 and 2010City divided into Christian and Muslim areasDivisions accentuated by system of classifying people as indigenes and settlers Hausa-speaking Muslims living in Jos for decades are still classified as settlersSettlers find it difficult to stand for electionCommunities divided along party lines: Christians mostly back the ruling PDP; Muslims generally supporting the opposition ANPP | |
| Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has put security forces on alert to stop the flow of weapons to the area. | Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has put security forces on alert to stop the flow of weapons to the area. |
| The AFP news agency reports that troops have entered the villages, which are now said to be calm. | |
| Many of the dead in the villages of Zot and Dogo-Nahawa are reported to be women and children. | Many of the dead in the villages of Zot and Dogo-Nahawa are reported to be women and children. |
| Mark Lipdo from the Christian charity Stefanus Foundation said the village of Zot had been almost wiped out. | |
| A resident of Dogo-Nahawa said the attackers had fired guns as they entered the village. | |
| "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 news agency. | |
| Jos lies between the mainly Muslim north of Nigeria and its largely Christian south. | Jos lies between the mainly Muslim north of Nigeria and its largely Christian south. |
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