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| Central Nigeria Ethnic Violence Kills 19, Displaces 4,500 |
| 2013-04-03 |
| [An Nahar] Weekend attacks on three communities in volatile and ethnically divided central Nigeria have left 19 people dead and displaced some 4,500 others, a local official said on Tuesday. "From the corpse count we've compiled, 19 people including women and kiddies were killed by gunnies we suspect to be Fulani herdsmen in attacks on three communities on Saturday night through Sunday," local government official Kumai Badu told Agence La Belle France Presse of the violence in the Kaura district, a remote area of Kaduna state. He added that some 4,500 were displaced and two camps had been set up to house them. The attacks were believed to be reprisals in a dispute involving mainly Moslem Fulanis and the mostly Christian Atakar ethnic group. Fulanis in the area tend to be nomadic herdsmen, while Atakar are mainly farmers. Land disputes often flare-up between the two groups. Southern Kaduna state, where the attack occurred, is located in the Middle Belt region dividing Nigeria's mainly Christian south and its mostly Moslem north. |
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