Nigeria: Dozens Killed in Plateau State Attack

What the report says

Officials in Nigeria said at least 25 people were killed when armed men attacked the village of Bin-Per in Plateau state’s Mangu local government area on Monday night, according to the report distributed by AllAfrica from Deutsche Welle. Local accounts cited by the story said the attackers moved from house to house, and that women and children made up most of the dead. A resident also told AFP that his family survived while neighbors were killed.

The attack comes amid a new cycle of violence in the area. The report says it followed the killing of two herders last week, which was then followed by a suspected reprisal in the nearby village of Maitimbe, where several homes were set on fire. Local advocacy and political figures called for stronger security measures, saying communities in the area have faced repeated killings, destruction of homes and farmland.

The article places the violence in the broader context of longstanding clashes in Nigeria’s Middle Belt between nomadic Muslim Fulani herders and mainly Christian farmers over land and scarce resources. It also notes wider concerns about insecurity in Plateau state, where rights groups have previously said the death toll has been very high. The report does not say who carried out the latest attack or whether any arrests were made.