As a result of the March 7 and March 17 attacks on Christians in Jos, reports state that 41 have been arrested and will be charged with murder, and another 121 will be charged with weapons and arson crimes.

Nigeria – Punch: Jos killings: 41 persons to be charged with murder – Police

— Punch reports: “Forty-one persons out of 164 people arrested by the police in connection with the recent crisis in Jos will soon be charged to court for murder.”
— “One of our correspondents gathered that the police had concluded investigations into the March 7 mayhem, which led to the death of over 500 people.”
— “It was further learnt that 121 others would be charged with unlawful possession of arms and arson.”
— Police statement read:
— “In its resolve to deal decisively with perpetrators of violence in the nation, the Nigeria Police has concluded investigation into the mass killings in Dogo Nahawa, Rasat and Jeji villages in Jos South LGA of Plateau State, which occurred on March 7, 2010.”
— “A total of 164 persons were arrested, detained and thoroughly interrogated, as to their involvement in the sad incidents of terrorism, murder and arson.”
— Punch reports: “The police spoke just as the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria raised the alarm over fresh plans by religious extremists to attack non-Muslims in some parts of the North.”
— “Meanwhile, the National Chairman, Youth Wing, PFN, Dr. Abel Damina, who accused some security agents of complicity in the Jos crisis, appealed to the Federal Government to name the sponsors of the violence.”
— “Speaking with newsmen on Saturday, Damina explained that unless something urgent was done, such killings might not stop.”
— “Damina, who expressed disappointment in the Army, wondered how some people were allowed to cause mayhem, even when there was a curfew in place.”
— “He said, ‘How do you explain a situation where the governor of a state says there is curfew and nobody must go except the soldiers who were on patrol, only for people in Army uniform to go out and start killing Christians?'”
— “The cleric called on the Army to look inwards with a view of carrying out some internal cleansing and identifying those using their positions to terrorise the people.”

Next: Police to charge 41 for murder over Jos crisis

Nigeria: 163 arrested in Nigerian massacre
— CNN reports: “More than 160 people have been arrested in connection with the massacre earlier this month of scores of people in central Nigeria, a national police spokesman told CNN Monday.”

— “Of the 163 arrested, 41 will be charged with homicide, said spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu. The other 122 will be charged with rioting, arson and possession of firearms, he said.”
Next: Jos: in their words

See also reports of March 17 and March 7 attacks:

Nigeria: New Machete Attacks Killing Christian Women and Children – Cut Out Tongues

Nigeria: 500 Christians Butchered in Jos

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