50 die in Nigerian riots

Lagos - More than 50 people were killed in the southeastern Nigerian city of Aba yesterday in reprisal for last week's religious…

Lagos - More than 50 people were killed in the southeastern Nigerian city of Aba yesterday in reprisal for last week's religious violence in northern Nigeria in which hundreds of people died.

"In Aba itself I counted over 50 bodies. Many were burnt in the street and angry youths were chanting war songs and dancing round the city," one witness, who had left the city centre for nearby Port Harcourt, said.

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