(AP) 30 people killed in central Nigeria village attack

Nomadic Muslim herdsmen attacked a Christian village in central Nigeria over long-running land disputes, killing at least 30 people in their latest assault, police said Wednesday.

The attack in Benue state comes as a bomb exploded Wednesday in northeast Nigeria, apparently killing a police officer and sparking reprisal attacks by the military in the region, residents said.

In Benue state, the attack Sunday targeted a rural village of Christian Tiv people called Yogbo in the state, police spokesman Daniel Ezeala said. After the attack, those living there fled, community leader Daniel Tsenghul said.

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One comment on “(AP) 30 people killed in central Nigeria village attack

  1. Albany+ says:

    So much suffering of our brothers and sisters while TEC devours itself in trivializing idiocies.