At least 12 killed as farmers, cattle herders clash in Nigeria

At least a dozen people were killed over the weekend in apparent tit-for-tat clashes between farmers and cattle herders in central Nigeria, police and community sources said on Monday.

The violence between Christian Bachama farmers and Muslim Fulani herders happened in the Lau district of Taraba state on Friday and Saturday.

Police spokesperson David Misal said 12 people were killed when unidentified gunmen attacked Fulani settlements on Friday. A reprisal attack followed on Saturday, he added.

"We recorded four deaths in the Fulani settlements and eight in the Bachama village," he told AFP.

SOURCE: NEWS24
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