Group: 800 killed in Nigeria post-election riots

Group: 800 killed in Nigeria post-election riots: "
At least 800 people were killed in postelection violence that swept across northern Nigeria as it became clear that a northern candidate would not succeed in unseating the southern president, an international human rights group said Monday.

Human Rights Watch gave its estimate in a report that included testimonies from interviews with witnesses and with others who survived the riots.

Nigerian authorities have not given an official death toll for fear of provoking retaliatory violence.

But a government agency has said that more than 40,000 people in Africa's most populous nation were displaced by the riots. Some local organizations have said that at least 500 people were killed."