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At Least 160 Christian Farmers Killed, 300 Wounded in Coordinated Assaults Throughout 20 Villages in Nigeria by Muslims on Christmas Day Weekend | The Gateway Pundit

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In a devastating outbreak of violence, at the least 160 Christians had been focused and killed throughout what has been described as a “very terrifying Christmas” in north-central Nigeria’s Plateau state.

The affected space has seen a surge of violence over the Christmas Eve weekend, leading to a dying toll that has shocked communities and the nation at massive.

Gunmen launched coordinated assaults in not fewer than 20 villages on the eve of December twenty fourth, finishing up assaults that continued unabated into the next day, The Guardian reported.

The suspected attacker, nomadic herders, killed at the least 140 individuals utilizing weapons and machetes. According to Punch Newspaper, over 10,000 individuals had been displaced by the assaults.

The native information outlet reported:

On Sunday, gunmen stormed Ndun, Ngyong, Murfet, Makundary, Tamiso, Chiang, Tahore, Gawarba, Dares, Meyenga, Darwat, and Butura Kampani villages within the Barkin Ladi, Mangu and Bokkos areas of the state burning homes and taking pictures residents.

On Tuesday, the Chairman of Neighborhood Peace Observers within the Bokkos Native Authorities Space, Mallai, in an interview with The PUNCH, stated, “Over 150 people were killed in the attacks. In Bokkos town alone, more than 10,000 people are taking refuge in churches, mosques, schools, and private residences.”

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Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State described the assaults on over 20 communities over Saturday and Sunday as “barbaric, brutal and unjustified” in a broadcast on native Channels Tv. He reported that in these assaults, nearly all of homes within the affected areas had been destroyed by hearth.

“This has indeed been a very gory Christmas for us. We have had to celebrate with a heavy heart. Just when people had finished preparing for Christmas celebrations, unprovoked attacks were unleashed on several of our communities,” Gov. Mutfwan stated.

“As I’m speaking to you, in Mangun Native Authorities alone, we buried at the least 15 individuals. Thus far this morning within the Bokkos Native Authorities, we had been counting not lower than 100 corpses. I’ve but to take inventory of that of Barki-Ladi. A lot of the communities affected in Barki-Ladi share a border with the Bokkos Native Authorities. ‘’

“Underneath the final regime, the sensation amongst individuals in Plateau State notably the victims of those terrorist assaults is that it appears as if the terrorists got official authorities backing to have the ability to terrorise them as a result of little or nothing was achieved to repel these assaults.

“I can let you know these colleges which are being occupied, it didn’t simply begin now, a few of these colleges have been occupied within the final three, 4, 5 years.

“Children therefore in those schools have not been able to go to school. They have to relocate. We even have primary health care centres abandoned because of these terrorists which means that our health care system is put in jeopardy; what do we need to do? I think this is where the President needs to come in,” he added.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu condemned the brutal assault.

“I strongly condemn the heinous and brutal assaults in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Native Authorities Areas of Plateau State, which have tragically resulted within the lack of many lives.

I’ve directed our safety companies to right away transfer in, scour each a part of the zone, and apprehend the culprits answerable for these atrocities.

Moreover, I’ve ordered the fast mobilization of aid sources for the surviving victims of those primitive and merciless assaults, in addition to making certain medical remedy is supplied for the wounded.

Whereas condoling with the federal government and the individuals of Plateau State, I guarantee all Nigerians that the envoys of dying, ache, and sorrow answerable for these acts won’t escape justice.”

Whereas no group has claimed accountability for the assaults, suspicion has centered on herders from the Muslim Fulani herdsmen. They’ve beforehand been implicated in comparable large-scale assaults within the northwest and central areas.

This Muslim tribe targets Christian communities to take their land and sources, deepening the sectarian divide between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation.

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