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Dozens Of Christians Reportedly K*lled During Holy Week In Nigeria After Brutal Attack
According to reports, an attack on a predominantly Christian community in Nigeria caused the deaths of 51 people.
The attack reportedly occurred in the country’s Plateau state.
BREAKING: 51 Christians slaughtered in Nigeria's Plateau state before Easter.
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“Over 40 Christians have killed in a fresh attack which occurred in Zikke village of Kwall district in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state,” Blessing Yakubu, an area resident, said in a text message to Christian Daily International-Morning Star News.
“Lives have been lost and properties destroyed through this early morning attack by armed Fulani herdsmen,” Yakubu added.
51 Christians brutally murdered on Palm Sunday in Nigeria’s Plateau State by Islamist Fulani militias
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Per Christian Daily International:
On Friday (April 11), suspected herdsmen killed three members of a family in predominantly Christian Zogu village, Miango District, also in Bassa County, said community leader Sam Jugo. He identified the victims as Weyi Gebeh, 56, and his sons, Zhu Weyi, 25, and Henry Weyi, 16.
Also in Bassa, herdsmen raided three predominantly Christian villages on Tuesday night (April 8), killing two people, said Joseph Chudu Yonkpa, a community leader in Bassa’s Miango District.
“Barely 24 hours after we laid to rest our beloved brethren of Hwrra village killed by Fulani militias, these same herdsmen have launched three separate deadly attacks on our communities in the night of April 8,” Yonkpa said in a statement. “These Fulani marauders carried out devastating ambushes in three locations: Zashi of Kperie, Kwall district; MODACS Hotel beside the College of Accountancy, Kwall; and Twin Hill (Gyu) of Miango District.”
Slain in Zashi was Abba Sunday Ngah, 19, with the assailants also stealing his motorcycle; and Azie Daniel, 47, who was also killed beside the Modacs Hotel in Kwall, Yonkpa said.
Residents of the Twin Hill area of Miango District narrowly escaped, he said.
These attacks are part of a disturbing trend of violence and destruction of farm crops that has plagued the area for years, he said.
“We are deeply concerned about the silence of state actors, the lack of condemnation, and the absence of intervention or visitation to our people,” Yonkpa said. “We are particularly worried about the lack of action taken to arrest the perpetrators of these heinous crimes as they continue to kill our people on daily basis.”
He said residents will continue to seek justice, peace and security.
“We equally charge our people to intensify vigilance as our attackers have not shown any sign to stop their atrocities in our land,” Yonkpa said.
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At least 52 killed in attacks on villages in Nigeria's Plateau State, amidst ongoing land and religious conflicts.
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Reuters reports:
At least 51 people were killed by gunmen in the early hours of Monday in Nigeria’s northern Plateau state, residents and Amnesty International said, two weeks after deadly clashes in another part of the state left dozens dead.
Last week, the national emergency agency said gunmen had killed at least 52 people and displaced nearly 2,000 others over several days of attacks in Plateau, which has a history of violence between farmers and cattle herders.
On Monday, residents said 51 bodies had been recovered in the Zikke and Kimakpa villages in Plateau’s Bassa district, while several more were reportedly injured.
The cause of the attack was not immediately known.
“A mass burial is currently underway. There is outrage in the land at the moment,” said resident Joseph Chudu Yonkpa, who said the gunmen were cattle herders.
A police spokesperson did not immediately comment.
“No community deserves to go through such trauma, bloodshed, and destruction,” said Albert Garba Samuel, spokesperson for local youth group Jere Nation Youths Development Association.
Amnesty International Nigeria said the gunmen also razed and looted homes.
“The inexcusable security lapses that enabled this horrific attack, two weeks after the killing of 52 people, must be investigated,” Amnesty said in a statement.