Nigerian toll reaches 600

AT least 600 people have been killed in violence between Muslim and Christian ethnic groups in Nigeria, triggered by opposition protests against President Goodluck Jonathan’s victory in the April 16 election, a local civic group says.

Most of the victims, 516 people, were killed in Kaduna state, Shehu Sani, executive director of the Kaduna-based Civil Rights Congress, said, citing reports from members.

“We keep discovering more details of massacres that have been carried out in the hinterland.”