From The Wall Street Journal:MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- A Nigerian military official said Saturday that about 700 people were killed in the northern city of Maiduguri during recent fighting between police and a radical Islamist sect. The toll was previously thought to be around 300.
Col. Ben Ahanotu said Saturday that mass burials have begun because bodies were decomposing in the heat. The Islamist compound destroyed this week by government troops is one of the burial sites, he said.
"They've got almost 700 bodies," Mr. Ahanotu, who is in charge of security in Maiduguri, said of officials gathering bodies.
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More News On The Aftermath Of The Violence In Nigeria
Mass burial for victims of Nigerian clashes -- AFP
Hundreds dead in Nigeria clashes -- ITN (Video)
Nigeria disregarded warnings over violent sect -- AP
Boko Haram: Death Toll Now 700, Says Security Commander -- This Day
Northern Nigerian City Calm After Week of Unrest -- Voice of America
Nigerian city's streets calm after violence -- AP
Nigerian police find sect women -- BBC
Kidnap victims freed after Nigerian unrest -- IOL
Rights Groups Demand Investigation Into Nigerian Islamist Sect Leader's Death -- RTT News
Profile of a Troublemaker -- This Day
Sectarian crisis in the North -- Daily Sun