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Nigeria gunmen 'kill 30' in Plateau state raid | Nigeria gunmen 'kill 30' in Plateau state raid |
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Gunmen have stormed a village in Nigeria's central Plateau state, leaving some 30 people feared dead, say local people and officials. | Gunmen have stormed a village in Nigeria's central Plateau state, leaving some 30 people feared dead, say local people and officials. |
Dozens of houses were torched in the attack on Shonong, in the Riyom area. | Dozens of houses were torched in the attack on Shonong, in the Riyom area. |
Cattle were killed or taken away by the perpetrators, suspected to be Hausa-Fulani herdsmen, witnesses told AFP news agency. | Cattle were killed or taken away by the perpetrators, suspected to be Hausa-Fulani herdsmen, witnesses told AFP news agency. |
Thousands have died in tit-for-tat ethnic violence in Plateau state in recent years. | Thousands have died in tit-for-tat ethnic violence in Plateau state in recent years. |
Much of the violence is blamed on land disputes between semi-nomadic Muslim Fulani herdsmen and mainly Christian Berom farmers in the area, where Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north meets its Christian-majority south. | Much of the violence is blamed on land disputes between semi-nomadic Muslim Fulani herdsmen and mainly Christian Berom farmers in the area, where Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north meets its Christian-majority south. |
Local people and officials were quoted as putting the death toll from Monday morning's attack at 30, including many women and children. | Local people and officials were quoted as putting the death toll from Monday morning's attack at 30, including many women and children. |
The military's Special Task Force charged with maintaining security in the state has said that 16 people were killed. | |
An MP representing Riyom - some 50km (30 miles) south-west of the state capital Jos - confirmed the attack and said it had also left "many... lying in the hospital". | An MP representing Riyom - some 50km (30 miles) south-west of the state capital Jos - confirmed the attack and said it had also left "many... lying in the hospital". |
Daniel Dem questioned why soldiers had not prevented the raid. | Daniel Dem questioned why soldiers had not prevented the raid. |
Several thousand people have been killed in similar clashes since 2010, but rights groups say the government has done little to stop the violence. | Several thousand people have been killed in similar clashes since 2010, but rights groups say the government has done little to stop the violence. |
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