The so-called Yelwa massacre was actually a series of related incidents of mass violence between Muslims and Christians which took place in Yelwa, Nigeria between February and May 2004 killing over 700 people. The first incident in the series occurred on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims attacked the Christians of Yelwa killing more than 78 Christians including at least 48 who were worshipping inside a church compound.^[1] According to some sources, the signal for the attack was a call for Jihad from the local mosque.^[2]

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelwa massacre