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wing-ed (OP) User ID: 803231 United States 03/08/2010 11:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Most women and children a reporter for an independent Nigerian news agency, said that most of the dead appear to be women and children, who have been killed by machetes. A doctor at the local hospital said to BBC that the victims have injuries from the machete-stroke and burns. a village about five miles south of the city of Jos. Kosoko told AP that he was out with a public servant in Nigeria's public services and made counting. Military units came to place about the same time Sunday, according to Robin Waubo, spokesperson for the Red Cross. Waubo says he does not know how many people have died in the fighting. Portforbud i området Curfew in the area According to witnesses the violence began in the village, which live mainly Christians, around 3 PM at night to Sunday night, a time when there is a curfew in the area and army patrols. . Someone started shooting. There has been a curfew since the violence in the neighboring town in January led to 300 people were killed, the majority of them Muslims. AP. Neither the police or military in Nigeria will preliminary opinion on the matter, reports AP. In recent years there has been a series of episodes in the city where religious conflicts have led to violence, and in 2008, several hundred people were killed. The cause of the unrest at the time should have been a rumor that a predominantly Muslim party had lost an election. Fighting between Christians and Muslims in this region of Nigeria has led to thousands of people have died over the past decade. Residents in conflict with the nomads The cause of the attack is not known, but it is normal to have conflicts between sedentary villagers who live by cultivating the soil, and omstreifende nomads who live by their cattle, both in Nigeria and in several other African countries, type NTB. Drought and increasing urbanization means that competition for fewer and fewer areas used for arable land and pastures, is hard. Hundreds of people fled the area on Sunday. Les flere utenrikssaker fra Aftenposten her Read more of Foreign Affairs from Aftenposten here Last Edited by wing-ed on 03/08/2010 11:51 AM Holy, holy,holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.Praise the one who gives you peace beyond all understanding Yes that scripture still sounds good ! |
wing-ed (OP) User ID: 803231 United States 03/08/2010 11:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The brutality of this gives me a headache !!!! Makes my soul hurt !! Last Edited by wing-ed on 03/08/2010 11:56 AM Holy, holy,holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.Praise the one who gives you peace beyond all understanding Yes that scripture still sounds good ! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 842983 United States 03/08/2010 08:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What know body else cares ?? Quoting: wing-edYour first post was hard to read. There is also another thread on this I believe Thread: Nigeria: 200 dead as machete-wielding Muslims attack Christians |