Latest Update: Possibly 500 dead so far in fresh Jos Violence

[ejibond]

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.
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.
Ethnic and religious riots also broke out in 2008, killing hundreds.



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[Wando]

mehn! this is serious.

[Masterwhiz]

This is TERRIBLE! I wonder who the sinister individuals are who have been instigating these religious crisis and senseless waste of human life. It's pitiful.

[Okwyjesus]

When will all this end............

[phronesis]

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. 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. The attacks are said to have been in revenge for the killing of several hundred people around Jos in January.
   
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.

[Samchuky]

Oh my God! Not again

[ejibond]

Guyz diz nothernerz are really causing trouble.I think it's high time they seperate them from Nigeria..Look how they are killing humans as if they are sluttering animals.It is either they leave naija or naija is divided into two, seperating d beast from the normal humans.

[Wando]

is dividing nigeria really the answer 2 all these?

[ejibond]

Well then,if dividing is not d answer,sumtin needs to be done abt it cos, for as long as d government is not doing anything abt these,they are still gonna keep killing more and keep going scourt free....whch everway it is,sumtin must be done to put a stop to those blood thirsty vampires.

[adim2]

to me I will say that jos should be declared state of emergency for the next 10 years

[ejibond]

10yrs kwa!!! hmmmm!

[ejibond]

Watch the video of.....


Attack On A Village Near Jos March 07 2010