Death Toll Rises as Religious Clashes Spread
Ethnic and religious clashes in the central Nigerian city of Jos have killed at least 165 people and injured 928 in three days, and the violence has spread to other towns, Red Cross officials said.
“We just received a report from our men in Jos that fighting spread to Langtang, Pankshin, Kuru and Heipang where people were killed yesterday,” said Abiodun Orebiyi, acting secretary-general of the Nigerian Red Cross.
Heipang and Kuru are on Jos’ outskirts and include its airport. Pankshin and Langtang are major towns to the southeast of the capital of Plateau state, a region that is mainly Christian but has a large Muslim population.
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