From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Sat Jan 23 2010 - 06:52:41 EST
Horror of Nigeria clashes uncovered
Saturday, January 23, 2010
14:06 Mecca time, 11:06 GMT
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Hundreds of people have died in violence between Muslims and Christians in
northern Nigeria.
The clashes began on Sunday in the city of Jos, but later spread to the
countryside.
Al Jazeera has obtained evidence that suggests the bloodshed from ethnic and
religious violence could be greater than feared.
Our news team filmed bodies dumped in wells and saw the corpses of children.
Al Jazeera's Andrew Simmons travelled to the village of Kuru Jantar, just
outside of Jos, where locals told him about what they are calling a
massacre.
Thousands homeless
The violence has also left up to 18,000 people homesless.
There are conflicting reports about what triggered the violence. But some
residents say the clashes started due to a dispute over the building of a
mosque.
Jos and other central and northern areas in Nigeria have been plagued by
religious violence in recent years.
In November 2008, hundreds of people were killed in Jos in two days of
fighting triggered by a rumour that the mainly Muslim All Nigerian Peoples
Party had lost a local election to the Christian-dominated People's
Democratic Party.
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