11 killed in central Nigeria village attacks
The attacks centred around the volatile city of Jos, where thousands have been killed since Nigeria became a democracy in 1999.
Officials in central Nigeria say at least 11 people have been killed in ongoing fighting between Christian and Muslim villagers in the region.
The attacks centred around the volatile city of Jos, where thousands have been killed since Nigeria became a democracy in 1999.
In the first attack Saturday, Tarok Christian people living in the Karkashi village said people from a neighbouring Muslim Hausa-Fulani village raided their homes. Military spokesman Captain Mustafa Salisu said Sunday that seven people were killed in that attack.
Later, in Zango, a Hausa-Fulani village, a community leader says four attackers from a Tarok settlement were killed. At least five people were also injured.
Religion, politics, grazing rights and economic influence all play a role in the violence in Nigeria’s fertile central belt region.
