Explainer: What's behind slaughter in Nigeria?
March 9, 2010 11:27 a.m. EST
The Plateau State in central Nigeria is home to 50 ethnic groups and simmering local tensions.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- At least 200 killed in attack by armed gangs on villages south of Jos early Sunday
- Predominantly Christian villages attacked with machetes, buildings set on fire
- Reports describe attackers as members of Islamic Hausa-Fulani ethnic group
- Nigeria has seen other religious, ethnic violence, including deadly attack on Muslims ADDITIONAL SNAPSHOT LINK
(CNN) -- Gangs of machete-wielding Muslims have been blamed for the weekend slaughter of hundreds of Christian villagers in Nigeria, but analysts say it would be wrong to assume the conflict was rooted in religion.
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