80 killed as members of Nigerian Christian tribe attacks Muslim group

AP ^ | 5.4.04

[ambrose]

80 killed as members of Nigerian Christian tribe attacks Muslim group: police

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Fighters of a predominantly Christian tribe attacked a Nigerian town dominated by a rival Muslim ethnic group, razing homes and mosques and killing at least 80 people, Nigerian police said Tuesday.

The ethnic Tarok assailants, armed with machetes, British colonial-era muskets and homemade guns, attacked the predominantly Hausa town of Yelwa, 340 kilometres east of the capital of Abuja, Monday morning, said Raymond Nyama, a police officer who visited the scene.

Although the motive was unclear, the attack came a week after Hausas launched an attack on the Tarok village of Kawo, burning churches and inflicting an unknown number of casualties.

Police counted 80 bodies in the streets following Monday's attack, Nyama added. An unknown number of mosques were burned.

Nigeria's ThisDay newspaper put the death toll at 100 or more, with three mosques and more than 1,000 homes destroyed.

Tens of thousands of residents were fleeing the area on foot, carrying whatever possessions they could carry, police said.

The Christian Tarok farmers and predominantly-Muslim Hausa traders and cattle herdsmen have launched back-and-forth raids since an outbreak of religious violence in the city of Jos left more than 1,000 people dead in 2001.

Since January, violence has surged, killing hundreds in the region of fertile farms and pastures, police and civic groups say.

Religious, ethnic and political enmities have fuelled outbreaks of communal bloodletting resulting in more than 10,000 killed since President Olusegun Obasanjo was first elected in 1999, ending 15 years of repressive military rule.

[ambrose]

about time.

kill or be killed.

[subterfuge]

And so it begins...

[cyborg]

GOOD! Let's see this become a worldwide trend.

[scoopscandal]

bump

[Semper Paratus]

Now THIS will get the UN's attention.

[cyborg]

africa ping

[EternalHope]

Did the Muslim attack that precipitated this attack get this much publicity?

[Mr. Mojo]

If it were Muslims killing Christians (as is usually the case) the AP headline would've read something like: Nigerian tribes clash, 80 killed.

[rabidralph]

I can see the headline now: Cyborg, RN: Muslim Hunter

[Zeppo]

Although the motive was unclear, the attack came a week after Hausas launched an attack on the Tarok village of Kawo, burning churches and inflicting an unknown number of casualties.

Um, the motive was "unclear"? To whom?

[cyborg]

LOL

[oolatec]

It's about time people fought back against those Muslims.

[2banana]

New Headline:

Christians Learning To Fight Back

[ZULU]

"Although the motive was unclear, the attack came a week after Hausas launched an attack on the Tarok village of Kawo, burning churches and inflicting an unknown number of casualties."

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The motive was UNCLEAR????


I'd say its refreshing to read about on-Muslims retailiating with backbone against Islamic fanatics.

[TopDog2]

Onward Christian Soldiers...

[Cicero]

Unfortunately I think the Hausa are the largest and most powerful tribe. They certainly beat the stuffing out of the Ibo some years back, mainly because they were Christians and too smart for their own good.

[cyborg]

LOL... wow so look what the DUH paTROLL send me in freepmail:

Re: 80 killed as members of Nigerian Christian tribe attacks Muslim group
From XXXX | 05/04/2004 11:47:36 AM PDT replied




You are one sorry son of a bitch if this news brings you any pleasure.

Hopefully for your sake you will be able to live you life without seeing your family butchered because they worshipped the wrong god.

[vandykelastone]

When you're right, you're right. Keep on.

[cyborg]

I suppose happiness at some christians getting backbone offends some. BTW, you troll who sent me that freepmail wait till you hear me when they take off the brainpan of Yassir Arafat. Oh but your outrage doesn't extend to full term pregnant Jewish women and little girls. Sorry!