Three villages were attacked by blade-wielding Muslims. The Muslims in those villages were warned to leave days before by text messages.
"Funerals took place for victims of the three-hour orgy of violence on Sunday in three Christian villages close to the northern city of Jos, blamed on members of the mainly Muslim Fulani ethnic group.
...Media reported that Muslim residents of the villages in Plateau state had been warned by phone text message, two days prior to the attack, so they could make good their escape before the exit points were sealed off.
...One local paper said the gangs shouted Allah Akhbar (God is Great) before breaking into homes and setting them alight in the early hours of Sunday. Churches were among the buildings that were burned down."
"People were attacked with axes, daggers and cutlasses -- many of them children, the aged and pregnant women."
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