More than 60 people were killed in two days of raids upon seven villages in Nigeria, attacks that a governor is calling “genocide.”
Large numbers of armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen invaded the predominately Christian villages of Hurti, Ruwi, Mangor, Tamiso, Daffo, Manguna and Tadai in Nigeria’s Plateau state on April 2–3, community leaders told media outlet Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. More than 40 Christians were killed in Hurti alone.
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‘Pattern of mass killings’
Plateau’s governor, Caleb Mutfwang, said the attacks are “genocide,” according to the news outlet, using information from Arise News.
In an April 4 statement, Amnesty International decried “a pattern of mass killings and government inaction” in that region of Nigeria, reports Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. “… [A]t least 1,336 people were killed between December 2023 and February 2024 across Plateau state. … Most villagers repeatedly told Amnesty International that the government left them at the mercy of their attackers. They complained of receiving little or no help from security officials during attacks. … The fact that no perpetrators have been brought to justice leaves rural communities of Plateau state feeling completely helpless and at the mercy of ruthless gunmen.”
World Watch
Nigeria is No. 7 on Open Doors’ 2025 World Watch List of places most difficult to be a Christian.
