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Nigeria: Continuing Violence, Killing of Christians and Muslims in Jos Riots

BBC: Nigeria religious riots ‘kill scores’ in Jos
— BBC: “At least 149 people have been killed during two days of violence between Christian and Muslim gangs in the Nigerian city of Jos, officials say.”
AFP: Nearly 200 die in fresh Nigeria religious clashes
Catholic News: “Forty killed after attack on Nigerian Catholic church”
London Times: “Nigerian Army ordered in as 200 die in Christian-Muslim riots”
— London Times: “Some say that Muslim youths set fire to a church, while others say young Christians violently protested over the building of a mosque in a Christian district.”
Christian Science Monitor: “What’s behind Christian-Muslim fighting in Nigeria?”
Voice of America: “Religious Violence Flares Again in Nigerian City”
CNN: “Scores die in Nigeria religious violence”
Daily Telegraph: “Dozens killed as Muslim and Christian gangs clash in Nigeria”
Daily Independent: Nigeria: Christian Elders Condemn Attacks On Churches in Jos
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