Nigerian authorities have arrested nearly a hundred people in connection with attacks near the central city of Jos that killed more than 500 people.
Police and soldiers surrounded the village of Dogo Nahawa, about 15km south of Jos, as survivors buried the dead in mass graves on Monday.
Residents said herders from nearby hills attacked their village at about 3am (02:00GMT) on Sunday, shooting into the air before using machetes to cut down those who came out of their homes.
At least two other villages nearby were also targeted in an area close to where sectarian clashes killed hundreds of people in January.
Dan Manjang, an adviser to the government of Plateau State, where the attacks took place, said 95 arrests had been made.
Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege, reporting from Jos, said the government had confirmed Sunday's death toll at more than 500 and had launched a huge security operation in an attempt to stop the violence from spreading to other states.
Source : http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/03/20103902039920733.html
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