Quatre jours d’affrontements communautaires à Jos : 42 morts – 29 août/1 septembre 2011

Nigeria Muslim, Christian Clashes Leave at Least 42 Dead in City of Jos

bloomberg.com

By Ardo Hazzad – Sep 2, 2011 9

At least 42 people died in Nigeria’s central city of Jos in four days of clashes between Christian and Muslim ethnic groups, religious leaders said.

Among the dead are 20 Christians who were victims of gunshots and machete cuts, Abraham Hassan, a spokesman of the Christian Association of Nigeria said by phone from the city late yesterday. Muslims have 22 dead victims in the city’s central mosque, Sabo Shuaib, spokesman for Jama’tul Nasril Islam, said today by phone. Read more…