More than 150 people have been killed in a few days around March 14 in central and northern Nigeria in separate attacks on villages populated by a concentration of Christians.
Gunmen raided three villages in Kaduna state in central Nigeria, killing at least 114 people. The attackers opened fire on the villages of Ugwar Sankwai, Ungwan Gata and Chenshyi at about 11pm.
Most of the victims in the three villages were burned beyond recognition. Nigeria’s Channels Television reported that many of the victims have been buried in a mass grave. It is alleged that the attackers were from the Fulani, a West African ethnic group of herdsmen, largely Muslim, who have a history of land grievances with Nigeria’s indigenous Christians and others.
