Security forces restore calm in Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria -- Heavily armed security forces clamped down Tuesday on several Lagos neighborhoods rocked by three days of ethnic rioting that destroyed homes, killed close to 100 people and sent thousands fleeing.

Residents of the northern neighborhoods of Mushin and Idi Araba, where fighting between Yoruba and Hausa militants began Saturday, were ordered to walk with their hands above their heads as a precaution.

Though the area was calm Tuesday, some residents were still fleeing the affected neighborhoods, fearing security forces would soon leave and there would be a resurgence of fighting after nightfall. Others, however, nervously ventured back to collect whatever belongings were left in their looted, burned homes.

Nigerian Red Cross president Emmanuel Ijewere estimated about 95 people were killed in the fighting.