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Washington Post
4 days ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Gunmen kill at least 20 people in an attack in central Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria — At least 20 people have been killed in a gun attack on a village in central Nigeria, local authorities said Wednesday. The attack took place in the early hours of Tuesday in Tahoss, in the Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, state assembly member Dewan Gabriel said in a statement.
Associated Press
4 days ago
- Politics
- Associated Press
Gunmen kill at least 20 people in an attack in central Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 20 people have been killed in a gun attack on a village in central Nigeria, local authorities said Wednesday. The attack took place in the early hours of Tuesday in Tahoss, in the Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, state assembly member Dewan Gabriel said in a statement. Graphic videos and photographs on social media platforms showed what appeared to be corpses and burnt down houses in the aftermath of the attack. Sati Shuwa, a local elected official in charge of the area, said the assailants, armed with guns and machetes, were undeterred by the presence of security personnel as they burned down houses during the raid. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the killings, but such attacks are common in Nigeria's northern region where local herders and farmers often clash over limited access to land and water. The prolonged conflict has become deadlier in recent years, with authorities and analysts warning that more herdsmen are taking up arms. Last month, gunmen killed at least 150 people in the neighboring Benue state. 'The rising attacks in Riyom Local Government Area have become alarming, creating a state of fear and insecurity that must be addressed urgently,' Gabriel said. He acknowledged the efforts of the government and security agencies, but called for a change in tactics to tackle the situation effectively.
BBC News
4 days ago
- BBC News
'We dey bury pipo almost everiday now' - man tok afta 27 pipo die fresh attack for Plateau state
Pipo dey live in fear and panic afta one fresh attack wey suspected gunmen carry out kill 27 pipo. Tori be say most of di victims na women and children, for one early morning attack wey happun on Tuesday for Bindi (Jebu) village, Tahoss community, Riyom Local Goment Area of Plateau State northern Nigeria. Plenty oda pipo wound for di attack. National Chairman of Berom Youth Moulders-Association, Solomon Dalyop Mwantiri, yarn give BBC News Pidgin say di incident wey happun don bring back serious worry about how safe rural communities dey for di state. "Around 5pm (WAT) on Monday, our pipo see suspicious movement of some suspected armed Fulani from one settlement wey dem dey call Bangai Fulani for the district. I sharply call di sector commander say na di distress call I receive. "I call back again, dem tell me say dem don already see di suspected Fulani and say military don already take over di area." E add say di attack wey kill 27 pipo including women and children happun on Tuesday. "Around 3am, hundreds of dem enta di whole area. Di vigilante pipo try resist dem, and military position demselves for two different places. Di attack lead to the death of 27 pipo, odas don bin wunjur, and also dem burn some houses." E still tok say up till now, pipo still dey live for fear, and dat one don make dem no fit even do mass burial for di pipo wey die. Mwantiri beg both state and federal goment make dem investigate how security pipo no fit stop di attack even though dem know say security threat dey for di area before di attack. Di Chairman of Riyom Local Gment Area of Plateau State still confam di attack, say e happun wen pipo dey sleep. E tell BBC Hausa say plenty pipo don turn homeless sake of di recent attack. "Di villagers begin dey see torchlights for night, den pipo begin shout. Dem tell security say sometin wan happun. We neva identify all di pipo wey wound finish," e tok. E still add say "Now everiday dem dey bury pipo, and everi wia pipo dey turn internally displaced persons sake of attacks. For now dem dey get help from goment and some NGOs wey dey give dem food, clothes and oda relief items." The local goment chairman beg pipo make dem calm down and no take law for dia hand. "We dey always tok with Fulani and oda tribes as part of di way to find peace. We go still try make dem send more security pipo come di area." Wen BBC News Pidgin contact Plateau State Police Command tok-tok persin, DSP Alfred Alabo, e say dem still dey gada information and dem go release press statement.
Al Arabiya
5 days ago
- Al Arabiya
Gunmen kill 27 in north-central Nigeria: Local sources
Gunmen killed 27 people in north-central Nigeria's Plateau state in the latest violence in this restive region, local sources told AFP on Tuesday. The attack on Monday evening in Jebu-Rahoss, in the Riyom local government area, wounded others who were sent to hospital, said Chuwang David, a local resident.
