JOS, Nigeria (AP) - More than 200 people have been killed this week in the latest outbreak of religious violence in Nigeria.
Soldiers patrolled the central city of Jos (jahs) Wednesday as charred bodies with scorched hands reaching skyward lay in the streets and a mosque with blackened minarets smoldered.
According to the state police commissioner, skirmishes began after Muslim youths set a Christian church ablaze, but Muslim leaders denied that.
Other community leaders say it began with an argument over the rebuilding of a Muslim home in a predominantly Christian neighborhood that had been destroyed in November 2008.
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JOS, Nigeria (AP) - More than 200 people have been killed this week in the latest outbreak of religious violence in Nigeria.
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Published: January 21, 2010
Published: January 21, 2010
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