Affrontements meurtriers à Jos – 26 décembre 2010

Christmas weekend violence kills 38 in Nigeria

AP26 12 2010

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Dozens of armed men attacked the church on Christmas Eve, dragging the pastor out of his home and shooting him to death. Two young men from the choir rehearsing for a late-night carol service also were slain.

The group of about 30 attackers armed with guns and knives also killed two people passing by Victory Baptist Church. The assailants only left after setting the church and pastor’s house ablaze.

Danjuma Akawu, the church’s secretary, managed to escape after he and others climbed over the church’s fence.

« I cannot understand these attacks, » Akawu said. « Why Christians? Why Christians? The police have failed to protect us. »

At the opposite end of the city, Rev. Haskanda Jessu said that three men attacked the Church of Christ in Nigeria an hour later, killing a 60-year-old security guard. More…

Associated Press Writer Ahmed Mohammed in Jos, Nigeria contributed to this report.

Clashes in Jos leave one dead

rfi.fr

26 12 2010

Clashes today in the centre of Nigeria have left at least one person dead – while a number of houses were burned down. Police in the city of Jos say there were some skirmishes between two rival groups.

The authorities had beefed up the security contingent in Jos to stop violence from spreading in the region.

At least 32 people were killed and 74 wounded when seven explosions went off in two different areas of Jos on Friday evening.

Many of the victims were doing their Christmas shopping.

Five more people, all of them Muslims, were reported killed today in apparent revenge attacks.

Affrontements au Nigeria: au moins 1 mort, maisons incendiées

AFP

26 12 2010

JOS — Au moins une personne a été tuée et des maisons incendiées dimanche dans la ville de Jos, dans le centre du Nigeria, où la tension reste vive après une série d’attentats à la bombe perpétrés la veille de Noël, a annoncé la police.

« Il y a eu quelques échauffourées entre deux groupes mais la situation est maintenant sous contrôle », a déclaré à l’AFP le commissaire Abdulrahman Akano de la police de l’Etat du Plateau dont Jos est la capitale. Plus …