46 people killed in March ethnic clashes in Nigeria: police

At least 46 people were killed and almost 100 others wounded in March clashes between rival ethnic groups in southwest Nigeria, police said today.
"The casualty figures are 46 dead and 96 wounded in the violence in Ile-Ife. Of those injured, 81 had been treated while 15 are still in the hospital," Nigeria's national police spokesman Moshood Jimoh told AFP.