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Article: Ijaw group accuses Nigerian army of massacre in oil-rich Niger Delta
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- March 13, 2004
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DULUE MBACHU, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
03-13-2004
Dateline: LAGOS, Nigeria
Government troops armed with automatic weapons opened fire on a village in the oil-rich Niger Delta this week, killing 51 people, a local activist group said Saturday. The military denied the claim.
The alleged attack occurred at dawn Tuesday in Fenegbene, a village near the southern city of Warri, the Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities group said.
At least 79 people were wounded in the attack, said Bello Oboko, the Ijaw group's leader.
The violence came a few hours after a shootout between government troops and unidentified militants in Awor that left at least one soldier dead, Oboko said. Awor is a ...