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\nAttackers wielding guns and machetes killed at least two dozen people in central Nigeria\u2019s Plateau state, survivors told media on Tuesday, the latest flare-up in a state plagued by recurring communal violence. Muslim ethnic Fulani nomadic herders have long clashed with settled farmers in Plateau, many of whom are Christian, over access to land and resources.
\n\u201cWe were sleeping, we heard some noises, some people in our neighborhood were screaming,\u201d Mathew Joseph, of Bin-Per village, in Mangu local government area, told media of the Monday night attack. \u201cI looked through the window and saw some armed men approaching our house. Before they arrived we managed to escape,\u201d he said.
\nHe said that 24 people had been killed, the same toll given by resident Muftwan Yamput, who said his neighbors were slain. \u201cWe survived by the whisker, but my neighbors were attacked, two people killed in their house,\u201d he told media. Local Red Cross field officer Biplang Moses confirmed the incident without specifying a toll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
JOS Attackers wielding guns and machetes killed at least two dozen people in central Nigeria\u2019s Plateau state, survivors told media on Tuesday, the latest flare-up in a state plagued by recurring communal violence. Muslim ethnic Fulani nomadic herders have long clashed with settled farmers in Plateau, many of whom are Christian, over access to land […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-562726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n