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\nThe number of people killed after a mob stormed a bus carrying Muslim wedding guests in central Nigeria\u2019s volatile Plateau state has risen to 12, according to the Nigerian presidency.
\nThe dead include the groom\u2019s father and brother, it said.
\nPresident Bola Tinubu has condemned the killings, the latest attack to hit the region where tensions are high after a series of bloody attacks in recent days, with ethnic Fulani nomadic Muslim herders suspected of killing dozens of people in Plateau\u2019s Mangu local government area.
\nPolice, survivors and local organizations said around 30 people on a bus to a wedding lost their way, stopped to ask for directions, and were accosted by an irate mob.
\nThey were attacked with sticks, machetes and stones and their bus set ablaze, a survivor told AFP. Initially authorities had confirmed eight dead with four reported missing.
\nTinubu described the lynching \u201cas unacceptable and barbaric,\u201d said a statement from his office which said the dead included the groom\u2019s father and brother.
\nThe Nigerian leader ordered the arrest and punishment of the culprits as he urged the Plateau state government to \u201ctake decisive action in handling these vicious cycles of violence.\u201d
\nFulani herders in the state have long clashed with settled farmers, many of whom are Christian, over access to land and resources.
\nPolice say they have arrested 22 suspects in connection with the attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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