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Ten killed in ethnic clashes

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    At least 10 people have died in ethnic fighting in Nigeria's southern oil town of Warri, news reports said Friday, quoting witnesses.

    The fighting started on Thursday between Ijaw and Itsekeri communities after Itsekeris abducted some Ijaw youths, AFP reported. A witness, Ema Akalugba, told AFP the Ijaws retaliated by burning down the Itsekeri village of Madagho, killing the 10 and injuring several. The response followed an earlier attack on an Ijaw boatman in the Niger Delta oil region, Reuters said.

    The two communities have been fighting since early 1997 over the
    relocation of a local government headquarters from an Ijaw to an Itsekiri area.

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