Jos, Nigeria, March 08, 2010, SPA -- Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid workers tried to assess the death toll after attacks on outlying communities in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed. A Reuters witness counted more than 100 bodies on Sunday in Dogo Nahawa, one of the three communities attacked, but victims were also brought to hospitals in Jos and some were quickly buried, making it difficult for officials to assess the toll. "Soldiers are patrolling and everywhere remains calm ... We are estimating 500 people killed but I think it should be a little bit above that," Plateau State Commissioner for Information Gregory Yenlong said. Police spokesman Mohammed Lerama said the number of dead officially recorded so far stood at 55. --SPA 13:49 LOCAL TIME 10:49 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/756242