in World News ‘Armed Muslim Attackers’ Commit Another Massacre of Christians in Nigeria
by Simon Kent
Fulani jihadists have murdered more than 60 Christians in a series of coordinated attacks across seven Christian communities in Nigeria as Holy Week begins.
Governor Caleb Mutfwang called the bloody assaults in Bokkos County, Plateau State, a “genocide” in what is just the latest in a years-long war waged by Islamists against Christians across Africa in general and Nigeria in particular.
The latest terror attacks, which targeted villages left over 1,000 Christians displaced and 383 homes destroyed, according to community leader Maren Aradong.
“These armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen invaded our communities in large numbers, arriving on motorcycles and attacking us,” Aradong told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News.
The assailants – representing the self-described “religion of peace” – also looted food stores and other items, exacerbating the devastation.
The violence is part of a broader pattern of attacks by Fulani militias, who have killed thousands of Christians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt in recent years, often driven by a desire to seize land and impose Islam, as desertification makes grazing increasingly difficult.
Jeff King, president of International Christian Concern (ICC) (persecution.org), condemned the attacks and called for urgent international intervention.
“The slaughter of over 60 Christians in Plateau State is yet another scene in the long-running play called ‘Nigeria’s genocide against its Christian population,’” King said.