160 People in Central Nigeria Reportedly Killed in Bandit Attacks
Source: Agence France-Presse
December 25, 2023 6:42 PM
Agence France-Presse
160 People in Central Nigeria Reportedly Killed in Bandit Attacks
BOKKOS, NIGERIA —
Armed groups have killed at least 160 people in central Nigeria in a series of attacks on villages, local government officials said Monday.
The toll marked a sharp rise from the initial figure reported by the army Sunday evening of just 16 dead in a region plagued for several years by religious and ethnic tensions.
"As many as 113 persons have been confirmed killed as Saturday hostilities persisted to [the] early hours of Monday morning," Monday Kassah, head of the local government in Bokkos, Plateau State, told AFP.
Military gangs, locally called "bandits," launched "well-coordinated" attacks in "not fewer than 20 different communities" and torched houses too, Kassah said.
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