Witnesses tell of soldiers, militants fighting in Nigeria

Saturday, March 22, 2003

OGBE-IJOH, Nigeria -- Exhausted, hungry villagers fleeing days of fighting in the oil-rich Niger Delta told Friday of Nigerian soldiers and ethnic militants firing indiscriminately, leaving scores dead.

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