Escalation since November 20th in Nigerian ‘religious war’ as Christian couple and their one-year-old baby are shot dead by Muslims

Six children wounded after attackers throw homemade bomb into school in separate attack

‘We fear that the situation may degenerate to a religious war and Nigeria may not be able to survive one’

90,000 people forced to flee during the violent clashes
By Rick Dewsbury 28th December 2011

A Christian couple and their one-year-old son have been shot dead by Muslim gunmen in a ‘religious attack’ in Nigeria, police said today.
The family were in a village near the the city of Jos on Tuesday evening when the killers – believed to be Muslim herdsmen – opened fire.
Plateau state spokesman Pam Ayuba said today that assailants shot the Christian couple and their child near their home.

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