Christmas Eve attack in Nigeria leaves at least 140 people dead, homes burned
An hours-long attack in Nigeria on Christmas Eve killed at least 140 people in what authorities have called an "unprovoked" rampage, media reports said.
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An hours-long attack in Nigeria on Christmas Eve killed at least 140 people in what authorities have called an "unprovoked" rampage, media reports said.
The governor of Plateau, Nigeria, denounced the long-term occupation of at least 64 Christian communities in his state.
KANO/ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigerian mother-of-three Grace Godwin was preparing food on Christmas Eve when her husband burst into the kitchen and ordered her and the children to run and take cover in the bush after gunmen were spotted in a nearby village. Soon they heard gunfire, starting an hours-long attack by suspected nomadic herders who rampaged through 15 villages in...
STORY: It was the bloodiest violence since 2018 when more than 200 people were killed in Nigeria's central region where clashes between herders and farmers are common. -December 27, 2023 at 12:19 am EST - MarketScreener
Terrorists massacred 160 people, many of them preparing for church Christmas programmes, Saturday night through Christmas Day in coordinated attacks on predominantly Christian areas in Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said.