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Mon May-03-04 02:09 PM
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Nigeria religious strife kills 67

Police in Nigeria say clashes between Muslims and Christians have left at least 67 people dead.

The deaths occurred after Christian Tarok militia attacked Muslim Fulanis in Yelwa-Shendam town, in the country's remote central highlands, reports say.

A police spokesman said more bodies would probably be recovered later.

The latest violence follows months of fighting in Plateau state, which is estimated to have left more than 400 people dead.

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Mon May-03-04 02:13 PM
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1. Religion strikes again....

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Tue May-04-04 09:31 AM
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2. 'Many women and children were killed'

Lagos, Nigeria

Police have restored order in a Muslim village in Nigeria's central highlands that was attacked by militants from a Christian ethnic group, sparking a clash in which at least 67 people died, an official said on Tuesday.

"The situation is under control. The combined military and mobile policemen despatched to the area early yesterday have quelled the violence," Plateau state information commissioner Dauda Lamba said from the state capital, Jos.

Muslim villagers who fled the village of Yelwa-Shendam following Sunday's overnight attack have told local reporters that the final death toll could be as high as 350, with a mass grave being dug after militiamen sprayed the village with heavy-calibre fire from machine guns mounted on jeeps.

But Lamba was more cautious: "We are still collating the casualty figures. But I can confirm the figure given by the state commissioner of police who put the death toll at 67. I know dozens of other people may be missing."

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