Nigeria charges 49 over Jos killings

Nigerian police say 49 people are to be charged with murder after communal violence left scores of villagers dead.



According to police spokesman Mohammed Lerama most of those facing charges are Muslims from the Fulani group.



He says the number of those arrested since the killings near the city of Jos has risen to 200.



Police say 109 people - thought to be mostly Christians - died in Sunday\'s bloodshed.



Earlier reports had put the toll at more than 500.



The violence followed sectarian killings near Jos in January that left more than 300 people dead, most of them believed to be Muslims.