(Photo: After an explosion in Nigeria’s central city of Jos on December 25, 2010 picture/Afolabi Sotunde)Nigeria Seeks To Contain Violence After Christmas Attacks -- Christian Science Monitor
The Christmas bomb attacks on Christian churches has Nigeria seeking to contain a possible outbreak of religious and sectarian violence.
Nigerian state police are rushing once more into the central Nigerian state of Jos, after a series of bomb blasts in Christian churches – presumably set off by Islamist militants – killed 38 over the Christmas holidays.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the attacks and supported the government’s pledge to arrest the perpetrators. The local police commissioner, Abdulrahman Akano, swears that the situation is under control. But local residents have been vocal, condemning the police for failing to protect them.
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More News On The Religious Violence In Nigeria
Riot police out on streets in Nigerian city -- the telegraph
Nigerian Police Dispatched to Jos in Effort to Control Violence -- Voice of America
Security boosted in central Nigeria after attacks -- Reuters
Christian-Muslim clashes flare in Nigeria after Christmas Eve bombings -- Reuters
Christians and Muslims clash following bombings -- The Independent
Nigeria: Jos sees renewed clashes after bombings -- BBC
New Clashes in Central Nigeria After Deadly Friday Bombings -- Voice of America
Killing spree hits Nigerian church -- Press Association
Officials appeal for calm after violence in Jos -- BBC
JOS BLASTS: Tension as reprisal attacks engulf city -- Vanguard
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