Unidentified attackers have killed nearly 50 people in Nigeria’s Plateau state in further conflict in a religiously mixed region. The night-time attack hit the villages of Zike and Kimakpa in the Bassa local government area—known for intercommunal conflict and deadly land disputes—on Sunday, April 13th.
Two weeks earlier, armed men struck multiple villages in the Bokkos area, also in the state, killing 48. The attack occurred some 25 km away from the Plateau state capital, Jos. Last week, army troops recovered the headless corpse of a 16-year Fulani herder in the Bassa area, whose cattle were also stolen.
A Red Cross official told AFP:
I can confirm … that 47 persons have died, 22 others were injured and taken to hospital, five houses were burnt down.
Christian persecution in Nigeria is widespread, often initiated by predominantly Muslim Fulani herders—with the Western media seemingly reluctant to talk about the perpetrators.
