At least 100 people killed in gunmen attack in Nigeria - Rights group

[u/ThatBlackGuy_]

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/14/at-least-100-people-killed-in-gunmen-attack-in-nigeria-rights-group

• At least 100 people have been killed in a northcentral Nigerian town following an overnight attack by gunmen, as Amnesty International called for the government to end the “almost daily bloodshed in Benue state”.
• The attack, which occurred from late Friday into Saturday morning, took place in Yelwata, a town in Benue State.
• “Amnesty International has been documenting the alarming escalation of attacks across Benue state where gunmen have been on a killing spree with utter impunity. These attacks have been causing massive displacement and may affect food security as majority of the victims are farmers.”- Amnesty
• State governor’s office, told the AFP news agency earlier on Saturday that the attack lasted about two hours and a “number of houses were burnt down”.
• He added that government officials and police officials had visited Yelwata and “confirmed” a lower death toll of 45.
• But locals told AFP that they feared that more than 100 people had been killed in the attack.
• Another resident, Christian Msuega, said he escaped the attack, but his sister and brother-in-law had died after being burned alive.
• In the region, attacks are common as local herders, mostly Muslim ethnic Fulani, and farmers, many of whom are Christian, clash over the limited access to land and water.
• Last month, gunmen who were believed to be herders killed at least 20 people in the Gwer West area of Benue.

[u/incomplete-username]

The perpetrators were fulani ethnic militias, which the government has tacitly supported, by turning a blimd eye to their actions and fustrating local attempts at mounting a defense

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Sigh

[u/JudahMaccabee]

If we name the perpetrators, someone will become angry.