Attacks in central Nigeria claim more than 100 lives
Reports emerged Sunday that about 40 men armed with guns, knives and machetes stormed villages in central Nigeria on Friday night and early Saturday morning, killing more than 100 people.
Scores more were wounded and several houses were set on fire, local government officials said on Sunday. The attack follows another in which dozens were killed in the same region just last week.
"We have at least 100 dead bodies from the three villages attacked by the gunmen," Yakubu Bitiyong, a lawmaker at the Kaduna state parliament, told the news agency AFP.
Local residents claimed the raids on the villages of Ugwar Sankwai, Ungwan Gata and Chenshyi, in Kaduna state, were carried out by Fulani herdsman.
"Fulani gunmen came across from neighboring Plateau state and just opened fire on the villagers at around 11 p.m.," said Daniel Anyip, vice chairman of a local government authority.
"We are still picking bodies out of the bush but so far there are more than 100 killed," Anyip added.
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These attacks by Fulani seem different than previous attacks by Boku Haram.
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