FILE PHOTO: The remains of a motorcycle after an attack in Nigeria, Dec. 5, 2023. (AP Photo Kehinde Gbenga)
Muslims in Nigeria have once again massacred scores of Christians, this time carrying out widespread atrocities in multiple locations on Christmas Eve.
At least 140 people were murdered by gunmen who attacked remote villages over two days in Christian areas of north-central Nigeria’s Plateau state. In addition, at least 221 homes were burned, International Christian Concern reported Tuesday.
It’s the latest round of mass killings in an ongoing war of ethnic cleansing against Christians in the West African nation. The secular news media blame it on a “farmer-herder crisis,” but the attacks are typically carried out by Muslim Fulani herdsmen targeting Christian communities to take their land and resources.
NIGERIA: More than 52,000 Christians were massacred by radical Islamist groups over the last 14 years.
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This time the assailants targeted 17 neighborhoods during another round of “senseless and unprovoked” attacks, burning down most of the houses in the areas, according to Plateau Gov. Caleb Mutfwang.
“As I am talking to you, in Mangu local government alone, we buried 15
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