Rampaging Fulani herdsmen kill 22 in Plateau village, burn 100 houses

News Express |23rd May 2015 | 1,467

Plateau State has been thrown into mourning after some villagers were killed in Barikin Ladi Local Government Area by Fulani herdsmen and the villagers is still raging.

According to the villagers, Fulani herdsmen attacked Barikin Ladi, burned over a hundred houses, and left about 22 people dead.

However official reports put the death toll at seven.

The victims are now being buried and the community continues to live in fears as this is not the first time the Fulani would be attacking in similar manner.

•Adapted from a Channels TV report.

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