Nigerian Christians slaughtered in Christmas attacks
By the end of the year, at least 4500 Christians would have been killed in Africa’s most populous nation.
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By the end of the year, at least 4500 Christians would have been killed in Africa’s most populous nation.
Massacre claimed about 160 lives in north central Nigerian state of Plateau, long plagued by conflict with Fulani herdsmen.
Local authorities in Plateau state, Nigeria, updated the death toll of a presumed jihadist massacre of Christians on Christmas Eve to 195.
'It has been a very terrifying Christmas for us here in Plateau,' says the local governor after what he calls 'senseless and unprovoked' attacks.
Terrorists massacred 160 people, many of them preparing for church Christmas programs, Saturday night through Christmas Day in coordinated attacks on predominantly Christian areas in Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said.