"Women, children caught in animal traps, nets and hacked to death"

JOS, Nigeria -- Nigeria's government on Monday sent troops to the flashpoint Jos region after attacks by machete-wielding gangs on Christian villages that officials say killed at least 500 people.

Under fire for failing to prevent another outburst of sectarian violence only weeks after hundreds died in Muslim-Christian clashes, authorities said they had arrested scores of people in connection with the attacks.

Witnesses described how the victims of Sunday's three-hour orgy of violence, most of them women and children, were caught in animal traps and fishing nets as they tried to flee their attackers, who hacked them to death...more.

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