Red Cross: 100 killed in Nigeria clashes

About 100 people were killed and 1,000 wounded in five days of street battles in the southern Nigerian port of Warri, the Red Cross said today.

Red Cross: 100 killed in Nigeria clashes
Fri, 22 Aug, 2003 - 15:26

About 100 people were killed and 1,000 wounded in five days of street battles in the southern Nigerian port of Warri, the Red Cross said today.

Emmanuel Ijewere, president of the Nigerian Red Cross, said the situation had calmed after troops and riot police flooded into the town.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: NigeriaPlace: southernPlace: WarriPlace: Niger DeltaPerson: Emmanuel IjewerePerson: presidentPerson: President Olusegun ObasanjoOrganisation: Red CrossOrganisation: IjawsOrganisation: ItsekiriOrganisation: Delta State government
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