Arrests made over Nigeria attacks

Nigerian authorities say they have arrested scores of people in connection with attacks near the central city of Jos that left more than 200 people dead. "We have been able to make 95 arrests but at the same time over 500 people have been killed in this heinous act," Dan Manjang, an adviser to the Plateau State government told the AFP news agency. State radio also reported that 500 people had been slaughtered in Sunday's raid on three villages on the fringes of Jos, although there has been no independent verification of the death toll. Yvonne Ndege, at least 19 Muslim Hausa-Fulani men had been arrested 30km from Jos, where Sunday's three-hour systematic orgy of violence took place. "They were found to be carrying hunting guns, axes, spears and knives and the feeling is that they were linked to this attack," she said.