More than 500 christians slain; Muslims armed with machetes, axes led early morning assault in rural area
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By AMINU ABUBAKAR, AFPMarch 9, 2010 2:03 AM
UN chief Ban Ki-moon appealed yesterday for "maximum restraint" amid revulsion at the slaughter of more than 500 Christians in Nigeria, as survivors told how the killers chopped down their victims.
Funerals began taking place for victims of the three-hour **** 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.
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