Treveen
03-09-2010, 08:21 AM
ගම්වල බයියො මොන රටේ හිටියත් මිනී මරති.
මිනිසුන් මැරීම = බයියා පෝම්වීම=ජවිපෙ
නයිජීරියාව
Mark Lipdo, from the Christian charity Stefanos Foundation, said Zot village had been almost wiped out.
He said: "We saw mainly those who are helpless, like small children and then the older men, who cannot run, these were the ones that were slaughtered."
A resident of Dogo-Nahawa said that the attackers had fired guns as they entered the village before dawn on Sunday in defiance of a curfew.
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Deadly riots in 2001, 2008 and 2010
City divided into Christian and Muslim areas
Divisions accentuated by system of classifying people as indigenes and settlers
Hausa-speaking Muslims living in Jos for decades are still classified as settlers
Settlers find it difficult to stand for election
Communities divided along party lines: Christians mostly back the ruling PDP; Muslims generally supporting the opposition ANPP
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/inline_dashed_line.gif
In pictures: Mourning in Nigeria (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8556841.stm)
Q&A: Jos violence (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8555215.stm)
Your stories of the violent attacks (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8556566.stm)
"The shooting was just meant to bring people from their houses and then when people came out they started cutting them with machetes," Peter Jang told Reuters news agency.
Some witnesses said villagers were caught in fishing nets and animal traps as they tried to escape and were then hacked to death. Mud huts were also set on fire.
පකිස්ථානය
At least 13 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, police say.
More than 60 others were injured when an explosives-laden car targeted a building housing an anti-terrorist wing of the federal investigative agency.
මිනිසුන් මැරීම = බයියා පෝම්වීම=ජවිපෙ
නයිජීරියාව
Mark Lipdo, from the Christian charity Stefanos Foundation, said Zot village had been almost wiped out.
He said: "We saw mainly those who are helpless, like small children and then the older men, who cannot run, these were the ones that were slaughtered."
A resident of Dogo-Nahawa said that the attackers had fired guns as they entered the village before dawn on Sunday in defiance of a curfew.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47427000/gif/_47427624_nigeria_jos_0709.gif
Deadly riots in 2001, 2008 and 2010
City divided into Christian and Muslim areas
Divisions accentuated by system of classifying people as indigenes and settlers
Hausa-speaking Muslims living in Jos for decades are still classified as settlers
Settlers find it difficult to stand for election
Communities divided along party lines: Christians mostly back the ruling PDP; Muslims generally supporting the opposition ANPP
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/inline_dashed_line.gif
In pictures: Mourning in Nigeria (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8556841.stm)
Q&A: Jos violence (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8555215.stm)
Your stories of the violent attacks (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8556566.stm)
"The shooting was just meant to bring people from their houses and then when people came out they started cutting them with machetes," Peter Jang told Reuters news agency.
Some witnesses said villagers were caught in fishing nets and animal traps as they tried to escape and were then hacked to death. Mud huts were also set on fire.
පකිස්ථානය
At least 13 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, police say.
More than 60 others were injured when an explosives-laden car targeted a building housing an anti-terrorist wing of the federal investigative agency.