Over 500 Christian residents mowed down with matchetes by fulani herdsmen in Jos

Over 500 residents of Dogo Hawa village in Jos, were massacred in the early hours of Sunday morning by Fulani herdsmen .

This attack came despite the curfew by the state sequel to the mass attack that occurred few weeks ago in various crannies of Jos.

Pointblanknews.com learnt that the herdsmen who sneaked into the village during the wee hours of Sunday, shot sporadically into the air before launching the attack.

According to our source, after the sporadic shooting, the scared and curious residents ran out of their homes only to be mowed with machete wielding Fulani killers. They then went from house to house torching the homes as they rampaged.

Pointblanknews.com learnt that most of those killed were women and children.

The curious question making the rounds is, how did these killers beat the security cordon occasioned by the curfew.

Acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, has already put chiefs on red alert.

Guinea leader 'should be tried for massacre' - HRW

Guinea's military leader Capt Moussa Dadis Camara could be held responsible for the massacre of 157 protesters in in September, a report says.

The Human Rights Watch report says the killings were designed to silence opposition to military rule.

The authors say Guinea's presidential guard fired into the crowd until they ran out of bullets.

Capt Camara has previously blamed the deaths on "out of control" elements in the military.

The junta has said that 57 people died - and most of these were trampled underfoot, rather than shot.

The Human Rights Watch report says the military tried to cover up the massacre by removing bodies from hospital for secret mass burials.

They say this was a crime against humanity, coming under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.

The report names several military officers, including the current head of state, Capt Camara, who it says should be investigated further and face trial.

He is currently undergoing hospital treatment in Morocco after being shot by one of his aides.

The aide, Lt Toumba Diakite, on Wednesday said he had shot Capt Camara, because the military leader was trying to blame him for the massacre.