Location of Jos in Nigeria According to witness and media reports, at least two hundred people in Nigeria have been killed after pastoralists and villagers near the city of Jos , which has been the source of repeated tension between Christians and Muslims. According to the Agence France-Presse news agency, some of the victims were children. Acting Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan said he had placed national troops on "red alert" following the clashes. "The acting president has placed all the security forces in the plateau and neighbouring states on red alert so as to stem any cross-border dimensions to this latest conflict," read a statement released by his office. Armed forces are already present in Jos. "The security services are on top of the situation," said Jonathan's spokesman Ima Niboro in an email statement to the Bloomberg news service.
Location of Jos in Nigeria According to witness and media reports, at least two hundred people in Nigeria have been killed after pastoralists and villagers near the city of , which has been the source of repeated tension between Christians and Muslims. According to the news agency, some of the victims were children. Acting Nigerian president said he had placed national troops on "red alert" following the clashes. "The acting president has placed all the security forces in the plateau and neighbouring states on red alert so as to stem any cross-border dimensions to this latest conflict," read a statement released by his office. Armed forces are already present in Jos. "The security services are on top of the situation," said Jonathan's spokesman Ima Niboro in an email statement to the news service.
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