- Title: Gunmen kill 13 in Nigeria's Plateau state attack
- Date: 30th March 2026
- Summary: TYRE, LEBANON (MARCH 30, 2026) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF LEBANESE DISPLACED FROM BEIT LIF, MUSTAFA IBRAHIM AL-SAYYED, HAVING A MEAL WITH HIS CHILDREN AT A SCHOOL-TURNED-SHELTER TEAPOT (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) LEBANESE DISPLACED FROM BEIT LIF, MUSTAFA IBRAHIM AL-SAYYED, 50, SAYING: "About a year and four months ago (referring to the 2024 Hezbollah-Israel war) I was staying here, t
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- Keywords: attack government gunmen insecurity killing nigeria police religion security violence war
- Location: PLATEAU, NIGERIA
- City: PLATEAU, NIGERIA
- Country: Nigeria
- Topics: Africa,Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA002853630032026RP1
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At least 13 people were killed when gunmen attacked a university community in Nigeria’s central Plateau state on Sunday night, residents and local officials said on Monday (March 30). This is the latest violence in a region long plagued by deadly farmer-herder conflicts.
Violence in central Nigeria, also known as Middle Belt, is often painted as ethno-religious between mainly Muslim Fulani herders and Christian farmers. But many experts and politicians say climate change and expanding agriculture are creating competition for land, leading to conflict, regardless of faith or ethnicity.
Residents said the gunmen arrived in the Gari Ya Waye community of Angwan Rukuba district and shot at people indiscriminately.
The Plateau state government said the gunmen were unknown and imposed a 48-hour curfew in the district. The University of Jos suspended examinations due to start on Monday.
“People were here in the evening and unfortunately, wicked terrorists came and attacked our people. We have counted scores of people who are now dead and then so many others are also in the hospital receiving treatment,” said Paul Mancha, a resident and chairperson of the youth council in Plateau.
U.S. President Donald Trump last November redesignated Nigeria "a country of particular concern" saying Christians were being targeted and authorities were failing to protect them, which the Nigerian government denies.
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