Villagers from Dogo Nahawa watch as health officials cover the bodies of people killed during religious clashes, in a mass grave in Jos, Plateau State. UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Washington have led calls for restraint in Nigeria after the slaughter of more than 500 Christians, with survivors telling how the killers chopped down their victims. (AFP)
UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Washington led calls for restraint on Monday after the slaughter of more than 500 Christians in Nigeria, as survivors told how the killers chopped down their victims.
Funerals took place for victims of the three-hour orgy of violence on Sunday in three Christian villages close to the northern city of Jos, blamed on members of the mainly Muslim Fulani ethnic group.
While troops were deployed to the villages to prevent new attacks, security forces detained 95 suspects but faced bitter criticism over how the killers were able to go on the rampage at a time when a curfew was meant to be in force.
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