About 40 people were killed in coordinated attacks in early December in four Christian-dominated villages in a central Nigerian state.
Local sources contacted report that the assailants, believed to be members of the Fulani tribe, came at around 2am, attacking the Berom communities in the villages of Katu Kapang, Daron, Tul and Rawuru. Those killed included a one-year-old boy shot at close range, a four-year old and several women and other children, villagers told local media. The chairman of the state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Soja Bewarang, condemned in strong terms the ‘barbarous act’ in which pregnant women and children were killed.
Vulnerable areas
Rev. Bewarang, who presided over a mass burial of 15 victims, has called on security forces to ensure security in the more vulnerable remote areas. According to an army spokesman, on receiving the report, STF personnel moved ‘swiftly’, but the gunmen fled.
