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Nigeria: Nigeria charges 49 over Jos killings
[BBC News: 2010-03-10]
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Nigerian police say 49 people are to be charged with murder after communal violence left scores of villagers dead.Most of those facing charges are Muslims from the Fulani group, police spokesman Mohammed Lerama told the BBC. The number of those arrested since the killings near the city of Jos has risen to 200, he said. Police say 109 people - thought to be mostly Christians - died in Sunday"s bloodshed. Earlier reports put the toll at more than 50. . . |
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