Wed, March 10, 2010
LAGOS, March 10 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian Police in northern Plateau State has said 109 people were killed in the Sunday violence.
Local officials and residents had previously said that over 500 people, mostly women and children were killed during the violence on Sunday.
Ikechukwu Aduba, state commissioner of police spokesman, disclosed this at a news conference in Jos on Wednesday.
The clash followed the crisis on Jan. 17 in Jos in Plateau State, when some youths attacked worshippers at St. Michael's Anglican Church in Nasawara Gwom.
