Perlu ada pencegahan, kerja sama dan dialog untuk keselamatan masyarakat, perlu diusahakan ada keadilan dan perikemanusiaan. Bagaimana kesiapan polisi di Nigeria untuk menangkap para perusuh?
makusdnya Nigeria perlu belajar dari Indonesia di mana mengejar para sniper gelap di Ambon. Ternyata suasana semakin kondusif daripada melerai saja. Karena ini termasuk untuk mempercepatkan penyelesaian konflik. Pertama tama perlu ada kesadaran, perdamaian dengan kerja sama, dialog dan keadilan di sana. Ke dua pihak masyarakat perlu saling berbahu bahu melihat ke depan, dapat sungguh besar dosa bila membunuh manusia tanpa manfaat dan kedendaman saja. wassalam, -------------------------------------- Violence in Nigeria Said to Leave 80 Dead YELWA, Nigeria - Thousands of Muslim residents fled this central Nigerian town Wednesday following an attack by gunmen from a largely Christian tribe in which police said at least 80 people died. AP Photo Local residents gave a much higher toll. They showed an Associated Press reporter a 160-square-foot area of freshly upturned soil, saying it was the burial site for 280 people killed in Sunday's attack by ethnic Tarok militants. It was not immediately possible to independently verify their claim. The killings are part of a cycle of conflict that has rocked Nigeria's central region since an outburst of Muslim-Christian violence in September 2001 pitted Christians against Muslims in the once-peaceful city of Jos. Over 1,000 people died in one week then. Many more have been killed since, including hundreds since January this year. Although police deployed reinforcements to Yelwa, a second round of fighting Tuesday left an unknown number killed, town councilor Yakubu Haruna claimed. "So many dead bodies," in the two attacks, Haruna said. "I cannot say how many." On Wednesday, one badly burned corpse was still visible on an otherwise deserted street. Few parts of this town of cattle herdsman and semi-nomadic traders were left untouched by the assailants who used jerry cans of kerosene to burn several mosques and hundreds, possibly thousands of homes and vehicles. At the grave site, Waziri Lawal, a 37-year-old farmer hefted the pick and wheelbarrow he said he used to bury friends and neighbors. Sanusi Yusuf, a 40-year-old cattle dealer, told of seeing his brother shot dead as the two ran from attackers who surrounded the town during the first attack Sunday. Attackers used rifles, shotguns and colonial-era muskets to shoot at anyone who ventured onto the street, he said. "I ran to the north, but there was no way. I ran the other way, no way. Then I saw my brother fall down. God is great," Yusuf said. Thousands of residents fled carrying whatever few personal belongings they could. Thousands more were huddling together Wednesday, waiting to be evacuated in government trucks taking them to relative safety of the regional cities of Bauchi and Lafia. Among those who left Wednesday were scores of men, women and children with machete and gunshot wounds. "There is no God except Allah," whispered Fatu Samaila, a 48-year-old resident, nursing her badly swollen arm hit Sunday by a bullet that passed straight through, killing her baby boy Kasimu Bellu. Although motives were unclear, the attack happened a week after Muslims reportedly launched an assault on the Tarok village of Kawo, burning churches and inflicting an unknown number of casualties. For decades, the majority Christian inhabitants of Plateau and the minority Muslim population � mostly Hausa and Fulani tribespeople with origins farther north � had lived in harmony. Religious, ethnic and political enmities � often intertwined � have fueled outbreaks of communal bloodshed resulting in more than 10,000 dead since President Olusegun Obasanjo was first elected in 1999, ending 15 years of repressive military rule. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/BRUplB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. www.arsip.da.ru *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Lihat arsip sebelumnya, www.ppi-india.da.ru; 4. Posting: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
