Ethnic Violence in Nigeria Has Killed 500, Officials Say - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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about 500 people had died in weekend ethnic violence near the central city of Jos, considerably more than what had initially been reported.
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The victims were Christians killed by rampaging Muslim herdsmen, officials and human rights workers said, apparently in reprisal for similar attacks on Muslims in January.
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The head of a leading Nigerian rights group, Shehu Sani of the Civil Rights Congress, said in a telephone interview on Monday that his organization had counted 492 bodies, mainly in the village of Dogo Nahawa.
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